The fear wall broke.

「恐怖の壁は壊れた」。

民衆の一人が発した言葉。

CNNの記事、'Arab unrest: 5 eyewitnesses to history' By Christina Zdanowiczから。

'Born and raised in Libya, the man in his 40s says this is the first protest he's ever seen in his native land. With no freedom of speech, no one ever dared to utter an ill word about the government or its powerful leader, Moammar Gadhafi, lest they risk jail time, he said.

But with Friday's protests, violent clashes and dozens of deaths, something changed.

"We can speak now," he marveled from a noisy street near the protest's epicenter. "The fear wall broke. Even after the killing, nobody is getting scared. Their numbers are increasing."

Freedom of speech, the right to own land, and a good education are among the things this man is fighting for. He believes democracy is the solution. He dreams of his children getting a solid education and not having to live in a closed society as he did.'