Much is happening across the Arab World. Only today, for instance, many of us woke up to learn that Lebanon's erstwhile protagonists had drawn back from the precipice by concluding an agreement in Qatar that shuns war and toils for peace. In this article, therefore, I would like to focus briefly on five Arab countries where positive expectations as much as negative convulsions have been impacting the lives of their peoples. In a sense, what is unfolding in the Arab political mainstream today ... Analyses / important, UE-Monde arabe