Oasis, a biannual journal of cultural inquiry on the relationship between Christians and Muslims in contemporary society. LEADER The Missing Parts of the Equation - Michele Brignone FOCUS The Ups and Downs of the Tunisian Exception - Khadija Mohsen-Finan Iraq: the State against Society - Pierre-Jean Luizard The Hydra and its People. The Algerian Political System’s Contradictions - Thomas Serres Male, Young and Educated. Profile of the Arab Demonstrator - Eugenio Dacrema Demography, Family and Politics: the Three Stages of Arab Transition - Youssef Courbage If Oil Fuels the Flames of War - Giacomo Luciani Between Digital Euphoria and Cyber-Authoritarianism. Technology’s Two Faces - Sahar Khamis Thinking Islam after Tahrir Square - Michele Brignone The Revolutions Seen through Literature’s Prism - Elisabetta Bartuli CLASSICS How a Revolution Fails - Martino Diez Anatomy of a Defeat - Sadiq al-‘Azm REPORTAGE Lebanon: If These Keep Silence the Stones Will Cry Out - Riccardo Paredi REVIEWS The Alliance that Stifles the Muslim World - Michele Brignone Side Effects of the Oil Bonanza - Claudio Fontana When the Strong State is not a Just State - Claudia Annovi The Theologian You Don’t Expect - Martino Diez