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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Silence was the surest survival strategy – until Syrians rose up during the Arab Spring and Assad’s brutal crackdown on protesters led the country into a decade-long civil war.
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Tala Alrajjal, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
Barack Obama spent much of his presidency responding to the Arab Spring, to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, and to the Syrian civil war.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025
Atwater said souring consumer sentiment could also lead to political unrest, such as during the Arab Spring, when an increase in global food prices was linked to protests, according to a 2011 study from the New England Complex Systems Institute.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
Work was later disrupted by the 2011 Arab Spring, before resuming in full in 2016.
—Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
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Tala Alrajjal, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
Barack Obama spent much of his presidency responding to the Arab Spring, to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, and to the Syrian civil war.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025
Atwater said souring consumer sentiment could also lead to political unrest, such as during the Arab Spring, when an increase in global food prices was linked to protests, according to a 2011 study from the New England Complex Systems Institute.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
Work was later disrupted by the 2011 Arab Spring, before resuming in full in 2016.
—Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
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