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Each week The Economist's Editor in Chief, John Micklethwait, selects a number of articles from the latest edition of the newspaper as recommended reading. His selection is called the Editor's Highlights. You can receive this regularly by e-mail, or view his top picks below.

April 2nd - 8th 2011

Islam and the Arab revolutions
This week the Arab revolutions continue to command the world's, and our, attention. So far, they have seemed secular in character; but that's beginning to change. We report on the growing role of Islam in the revolts, as well as on the battle for Libya, a stand-off in Syria and promising developments in Tunisia.

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