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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Starting with the Arab Spring in the early 2010s, social media became a vital way to verify claims and monitor conflicts, according to Godin.
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
Around the same time Epstein was helping Abdulhak with his son, the Arab Spring reached Yemen.
—Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Almost five years after the Arab Spring rocked the city, Cairo is welcoming back a luxury hotel.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026
The Arab Spring uprisings of 2011-12 owe much of their origin to a youth bulge in the Middle East.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
Around the same time Epstein was helping Abdulhak with his son, the Arab Spring reached Yemen.
—Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Almost five years after the Arab Spring rocked the city, Cairo is welcoming back a luxury hotel.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026
The Arab Spring uprisings of 2011-12 owe much of their origin to a youth bulge in the Middle East.
—John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
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