Tunisia has now elected a government but faces continued discontent. Immolations, the new symbol of frustration, continue to burn and kill. Martyrdom in the streets of Tunisia will not be abandoned once it has been discovered to be a potent weapon. Yet, immolations are not frequent in other Arab springs.
Take Libya. A new wave of protests is flooding towns and cities at the slow progess undertaken by the National Transitional Council. The sheer complexity of work that needs to be achieved is daunting; but transitional arrangements will always lack legitimacy if they do not concentrate on a short and clear handover. Libya needs an election sooner rather than later: taking to the streets may be the signal for this (similar to their Egyptian brethen).
Now Algeria is beginning to see sporadic protests, similar to those which sparked regime change and civil war in Maghreb regimes. Youth unemployment, frustrated aspirations and glimmerings of reform sparked the crisis of legitimacy. Last year, Algeria was an outlier. This year, along with Syria, it may be centre stage.