Arab spring

An interactive timeline of the Arab Spring http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline?fb=native

What Is the Arab Spring? The Arab Spring was a loosely related group of protests that ultimately resulted in regime changes in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. Not all of the movements, however, could be deemed successful—at least if the end goal was increased democracy and cultural freedom. In fact, for many countries […]

Map of Arab Spring countries

Arab Spring

Mohammed Gaddafi, pictured, was speaking with Al Jazeera when he heard rebels open fire on guards standing outside his home in Tripoli last night.

The semester is coming to an end, and that means this will likely be my final blog post on this subject. Luckily, we’ve saved a really cool topic for the last week: the role of social media in the…

No matter the Arab leaders’ achievements, it is their shortcomings and failures that define the current era.

Video: Women and the Arab Spring

The Arab Spring or the First Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in Tunisia in response to corruption and economic stagnation. From Tunisia, the protests then spread to five other countries: Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Syria and Bahrain. Rulers were deposed or major uprisings and social violence occurred including riots, civil wars, or insurgencies. Sustained street demonstrations…

As dictator after dictator was deposed in North Africa, people around the world began to talk about the “Arab Spring.” Many claim that what was happening in countries like Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt…