The Heroism of Arab Democrats« Thread Started on May 31, 2007, 1:14pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Heroism of Arab Democratsread at source> http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=20911With growing suspicion of the West and its discredited claims to support democracy in the Arab world, Arab democrats turn to homegrown resources and ideas at the Second Forum on Democracy and Political Reform in the Arab World held in Qatar, says Rami Khouri.DOHA, Qatar - The Second Forum on Democracy and Political Reform in the Arab World that I attended this week in Doha, Qatar, is an exercise in hope and determination, despite the lack of practical results to date. The Arab region remains the world’s last collectively non-democratic region, having resisted the repeated attempts of Arab democrats, liberals, human rights activists, Islamists and constitutionalists to bring their societies into the growing club of democracies around the world.