The Arab Spring began in Tunisia, where 28 days of protests ended 24 years of a dictator's rule. The next day, Jan. 15, 2011, students in Yemen called for demonstrations against the strongman there. A ...
It's been 10 years since Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak was forced from power by millions of protesters. It’s considered one of the high points of what was then called the "Arab Spring." And we were ...
Perhaps it's the morning-after effect. Three years after popular uprisings did away with some of the Arab world's most notorious tyrants, wide-eyed expectations for a genuinely democratic Arab Spring ...
Thirty months after the events that kicked off the Arab Spring, the various countries that saw massive upheaval remain, well, in upheaval. Egypt’s lauded democratization project has reached a ...
Five years after the Arab Spring revolution brought citizens into the streets to demonstrate against government corruption and other issues, how much has really changed? New governments were ushered ...
Editorial Page Writer Sohrab Ahmari marks the fifth anniversary of the movement that swept the Middle East. Photo credit: 3arabwy. Thursday marks a bitter anniversary in the Arab world. On Dec. 17, ...
AZDINE, Morocco — One of Said Lakenizaa’s two remaining cows fell sick and died last year as he led it down the steep dirt track from his village in Morocco’s Atlas mountains to the rest of the world.
A decade on, the memory of the Arab Spring sparks ambiguous feelings in the Middle East and Europe. The European public excitement concerning the uprisings from Tunisia to Syria is long gone. Along ...
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Shadi Hamid, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about Tunisia's new constitutional referendum that gives President Kais Saied near total power. This week, ...
Suddenly, people all over the Arab world are feeling a sense of pride—and the West is paying attention. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...