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Question 1 of 6What does the commentary argue about reform? Question 2 of 6According to the commentator, when does real reform usually come? Question 3 of 6What does the image of reform as seasonal rain suggest? Question 4 of 6Why does the commentator put phrases like "gradualism is required" in quotation marks? Question 5 of 6What does "its enemies are more attentive than its supporters" mean? Question 6 of 6What does the guest who never sits at the table represent? Vocabularyلِجَانcommittees
أَغْلِفَةcovers
الْوَادِيwadi, valley
الْحَصَىpebbles
مِنْ حَيْثُ الْمَبْدَأin principle
امْتِيَازprivilege
احْتِكَارmonopoly
صَلَاحِيَةauthority, power
مُوَاتِيَةfavorable
التَّدَرُّجgradualism
الْوَضْع الْقَائِمthe status quo
مُبَعْثَرُونscattered
مَأْدُبَةbanquet