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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At the height of the Arab Spring in 2011, pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets in Syria calling for the ouster of its authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Lauren Kent, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
Her system predicted Cuba’s first cholera epidemic in decades and early Arab Spring riots.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2015
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
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Lauren Kent, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
Her system predicted Cuba’s first cholera epidemic in decades and early Arab Spring riots.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2015
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
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“Arab Spring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Arab%20Spring. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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