About Arab Spring
The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across North Africa and the Middle East in late 2010. It began in response to oppressive regimes and a low standard of living, beginning with protests in Tunisia.
Tunisia: President Saied urged to resign after 'fiasco' election
... The new constitution replaced one drafted soon after the Arab Spring in 2011, which saw Tunisia overthrow late dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali...
COP27: Jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah begins 'water strike'
... Abdel Fattah, a key activist in the 2011 Arab Spring, is currently serving a five-year sentence for spreading false news...
Arabs believe economy is weak under democracy
... The findings come just over a decade after the so-called Arab Spring protests called for democratic change...
Saudis free youngest prisoner who faced execution
... He was held in 2014, partly due to his alleged participation in demonstrations during the Arab Spring in 2011...
Ukraine: Small and big ways in which people in the UK are helping out
... " It is something he knows can work, because he has done it before - in 2011, in response to the Arab Spring, he drove ambulances to North Africa...
Sudan protesters: Ready to die for freedom
... Nidal, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is a seasoned protester - first taking to the streets during the Arab Spring when people began to brave the streets...
Secret audio sheds light on toppled dictator's frantic last hours
... These final moments show how his authority crumbled, sealing the fate of his 23-year dictatorship and sparking the region s wave of pro-democracy Arab Spring uprisings...
Hosni Mubarak: Egypt's military holds the funeral for the ousted President
... Mubarak was forced from office by a Arab Spring, the popular uprising in 2011 after 30 years in power...
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