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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Twitter was credited with fuelling the Arab Spring.
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Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Since then, Abd El-Fattah became a leading voice and outspoken thinker during the 2011 Arab Spring in Egypt that brought down Mubarak’s government.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Optimists pointed to the remarkable events of the Arab Spring protests as proof that the Internet could help spread democracy and freedom.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Egyptian-British blogger and activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah,rose to prominence as an impassioned voice in the Arab Spring uprising that toppled Egypt's veteran autocrat and has since become a symbol of the struggle for human rights in his country.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
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Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Since then, Abd El-Fattah became a leading voice and outspoken thinker during the 2011 Arab Spring in Egypt that brought down Mubarak’s government.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Optimists pointed to the remarkable events of the Arab Spring protests as proof that the Internet could help spread democracy and freedom.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Egyptian-British blogger and activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah,rose to prominence as an impassioned voice in the Arab Spring uprising that toppled Egypt's veteran autocrat and has since become a symbol of the struggle for human rights in his country.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Arab Spring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Arab%20Spring. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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