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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Today, the fighting has spilled over from Gaza to Lebanon and at least six different fronts — upending the lives of tens of millions of people and triggering the region's biggest crisis since the Arab Spring in 2010. —

Barak Ravid, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024 The site played a key role in the Arab Spring while also being the birthplace of the Milkshake Duck meme. —

Callum Booth, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024 Initially, protestors who were inspired by the region-wide ‘Arab Spring’ movement, demanded that the government, which has been led by Bashar Al-Assad since 2000, enact legislative reforms and release political prisoners. —

Rory Fleming, CNN, 18 July 2024 But the Arab Spring protests of 2010-11 forced the Saudi government to confront the fact that rising youth unemployment could no longer only be addressed by providing public-sector jobs. —

Jennifer Peck, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for Arab Spring