Arab Spring
noun
: a series of anti-government uprisings affecting Arab countries of North Africa and the Middle East beginning in 2010
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The Arab Spring uprisings reached Syria in 2011 and blazed up into civil war.
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi was once seen as the heir-apparent to his dictator father –– who was executed after his regime was toppled at the height of the Arab Spring protests in 2011 –– and had in recent years been making a play to return to politics in Libya.
—Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
The actions of activists in Minneapolis and other US cities mirror those deployed in protest movements around the world, dating back to the Arab Spring’s use of Twitter and Facebook to Hong Kong’s anti-government protests’ reliance on Telegram.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Set at the height of the Arab Spring in 2011, the play examines a Middle Eastern Studies department in London thrown into crisis when a young Syrian blogger vanishes without a trace.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi was once seen as the heir-apparent to his dictator father –– who was executed after his regime was toppled at the height of the Arab Spring protests in 2011 –– and had in recent years been making a play to return to politics in Libya.
—Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
The actions of activists in Minneapolis and other US cities mirror those deployed in protest movements around the world, dating back to the Arab Spring’s use of Twitter and Facebook to Hong Kong’s anti-government protests’ reliance on Telegram.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Set at the height of the Arab Spring in 2011, the play examines a Middle Eastern Studies department in London thrown into crisis when a young Syrian blogger vanishes without a trace.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
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