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 uprisings moved through the region as the Arab Spring ignited, and tens of millions of frustrated residents went online to coordinate.
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Twitter was credited with fuelling the Arab Spring.
—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
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Twitter was credited with fuelling the Arab Spring.
—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
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