Tag: Arab Spring

(Arab Spring/Palestine) From the Arab Spring to the Great March of Return (Al Jazeera)

Ahmed Abu Artema How the Arab revolutions inspired Palestinian mobilisation in Gaza. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/6/from-the-arab-spring-to-the-great-march-of-return  

(Arab Spring) The social media myth about the Arab Spring (Haythem Guesmi, Al Jazeera)

Social media networks did not trigger the Arab revolutions, but they did contribute to the counter-revolutions. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/27/the-social-media-myth-about-the-arab-spring

(Arab Spring) Timeline: How the Arab Spring unfolded (Al Jazeera)

On January 14, 2011, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali stepped down after weeks of protests, ending his 24-year rule. What began as a...

(Arab Spring, USA, Cyberspace, Democracy) From the Arab Spring to the American Winter: Cyberspace and Democracy After the Insurrection (David P. Fidler, CFR)

January 6, 2021 serves as the darkest moment of the democratic experience with the internet and digital technologies. https://www.cfr.org/blog/arab-spring-american-winter-cyberspace-and-democracy-after-insurrection

ARAB SPRING – Arab Hope Springs Eternal (Carl Bildt, Project-Syndicate)

A decade after the start of the Arab Spring, the hope of securing democracy and human rights in the Arab world seems as far...

ARAB SPRING – A decade of darkness since the Arab Spring (Mohammed Al Rumaihi, Al Arabiya)

A decade has passed since the so-called Arab Spring, which began sometime between December 2010 and January 2011. The time has come to look...

ARAB SPRING/WEST ASIA – The Arab Spring at 10: A more complex West Asia (Kabir Taneja, ORF)

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/arab-spring-10-more-complex-west-asia/

ARAB SPRING – Ten years after the Arab Spring (Al Jazeera)

Ten years after Arabs mobilised in their millions, we take a retrospective look at the media’s role and the damage that has been done...

ARAB SPRING/TUNISIA – How the West hollowed out the Tunisian revolution (Haythem Guesmi, Al Jazeera)

Today is the tenth anniversary of the Tunisian uprising which toppled the authoritarian regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and marked the start...

ARAB SPRING – The Arab Spring at Ten Years: What’s the Legacy of the Uprisings? (Kali Robinson, CFR)

Ten years on, the lives of people in Arab Spring countries have improved in certain aspects but worsened in others. CFR.org visualizes the changes...