The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers: In this extraordinary revolutionary year, the only challenge we had in putting together our annual Global Thinkers list was narrowing the field down to the top 100. The voices that defined the Arab Spring -- from Egyptian novelist Alaa al Aswany to Yemeni activist and Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman -- received top billing. Working to force -- and forge -- a democratic culture in a region long defined by repression and autocracy will do that for you.

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