Shirley Le Penne,
Jerusalem PostAlgerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's announcement to run for a fifth term was no surprise. Few, however, expected the mass backlash. After all, during the Arab Spring the Algerians seemed effectively silenced. So much so, in fact, that in 2014, a year after Bouteflika suffered a stroke that left him impotent and ineffective, they re-elected him. Yet now, Algerians defiantly took to the streets, refusing a picture-frame as president. After four weeks of protests, Bouteflika dropped his bid for a fifth term attempting to curb the popular rise, but giving hope for a more profound...
