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13 unusual facts about Arab Spring


Aous Shakra

With the Arab Awakening of 2011, and uprisings springing up in every corner of the Arab world, Aous Shakra was reborn.

Arab Awakening

The Arab Spring, a series of revolutions and protest movements that began in December 2010.

Bahá'í Faith in Tunisia

The modern Bahá'í community has been alittle in the news since the Arab Spring by commentators interested in events in Tunisia.

Day of Rage

Arab Spring, a wave of protests held in Arab countries since 2010

Dominic Waghorn

He worked there for almost five years, during which time he covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the aftermath of the War in Lebanon, and the Arab Spring.

He worked there for almost five years, during which time he covered the wars in Iraq, the aftermath of the War in Lebanon, and the Arab Spring.

Five to One

In 2011, American band Make Love and War released their remake of the song to coincide with the peak of Arab Spring, with a video portraying images of toppled and at-risk Middle East dictators, as well as footage of past and present popular uprisings.

Habib Bourguiba

Ben Ali himself was overthrown in 2011 in the first of the Arab Spring uprisings.

Jasmine Revolution

The Arab Spring, which began with the Tunisian revolution, was also called the "Jasmine Revolution" by some

Krauss-Maffei

In 2011, a planned deal to sell hundreds of tanks to Saudi Arabia during the time of the Arab Spring caused widespread criticism.

Online News Association

Past keynote speakers include: Twitter’s Evan Williams; Vivek Kundra, Chief Information Officer of the United States in the Obama administration; AOL CEO Tim Page; then-NPR CEO Vivian Schiller, and journalists instrumental in the Arab Spring uprising.

Oum Ali District

During the Arab Spring of 2011, Oum Ali District was home to hundreds of Tunisian refugee dissidents.

Talkin' 'bout a Revolution

In February 2011, Israeli band Shmemel covered the song and added a verse inspired by the Arab Spring revolutions, with the new song being given the title "Talking About an Arab Revolution".


2011 Azerbaijani protests

Several critics compared Aliyev to then-President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and warned that Azerbaijan could face popular protests as part of a regional wave of civil unrest, though leaders of the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party and Müsavat stopped short of threatening to lead them personally.

2011 Nobel Peace Prize

There were 241 nominations for the 2011 award, which included the European Union, WikiLeaks and individuals connected with the Arab Spring such as Israa Abdel Fattah and Wael Ghonim.

2011–13 Mauritanian protests

The 2011–13 Mauritanian protests are a series of protests in the North African country of Mauritania that started in January 2011, concurrent with the Arab Spring, and continued into 2012.

Edinaldo Filgueira

The others were Iranian blogger Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, who died while in an Iranian prison in March 2009, and Bahraini Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, who was killed while in Bahraini custody in April 2011 during the Arab Spring uprising.

Gender apartheid

Recent advancements have been seen in light of Arab Spring and the 2011–13 Saudi Arabian protests, such as King Abdullah granting women's suffrage in the 2015 municipal elections.

Maria Al-Masani

Maria Al-Masani founded Yemen Rights Monitor during the Arab Spring in 2011, providing a means of updating news via social media when traditional news media had been blocked – she was later cited by Andy Carvin as one of his most reliable sources about opposition activities in Yemen.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact

The Typhon Pact itself has been compared to the Warsaw Pact, and one of the books in the series has been described as an allegory for the Arab Spring.

The Rough Guide to Arabic Revolution

The Rough Guide To Arabic Revolution is a world music compilation album originally released in 2013 featuring music relating to the contemporaneous Arab Spring revolutionary wave.