Just in case anyone is wondering ... after a period of very intensive blogging here since the events of Sidi Bouzid in December, I have to take a short break in order to catch up on a few other things. 

One of them is to prepare a talk on Saudi Arabia (to be given at Café Diplo in London next Monday). 

I'm also working on a new edition of my book, Unspeakable Love, which is due out in the summer. It's now almost five years since the book was first published and there is quite a lot of new material to add.