Searching for the BIG PICTURE.

The article examines the wave of revolutions sweeping the Middle East and North Africa in 2011. Separate protests over socio-economic, political and sectarian issues have reportedly been flaring up in the region, but that limited media coverage has kept the bigger picture from emerging. The article states that an unpredictable catalyst, such as the suicide of a young man in Tunisia, is the unifying factor for a nationwide uprising, and that the conditions that create it might be foreseen.