Arab Spring

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political movement revolutionary wave series of protests

The Arab Spring was a wave of pro-democracy uprisings and protests that erupted across the Arab world starting in late 2010, challenging longstanding authoritarian regimes and demanding political and social reforms.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Arab Spring canonical 41
Arab Spring uprisings 2
2011 Syrian uprising 1

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political movement ⓘ
revolutionary wave ⓘ
series of protests ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arab Spring ⓘ
surface form: Arab revolutions

Arab Spring ⓘ
surface form: Arab uprisings
demographicFeature involvement of civil society groups ⓘ
strong youth participation ⓘ
endDate 2012 ⓘ
followedBy Arab Winter ⓘ
hasCause authoritarian rule ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
high food prices ⓘ
lack of political freedoms ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
youth unemployment ⓘ
languageOfSlogans Arabic ⓘ
ledTo Arab Spring self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bahraini uprising of 2011

Egyptian Revolution of 2011 ⓘ
2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Civil War (2011)

Syrian Civil War ⓘ
Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
Yemeni Revolution of 2011 ⓘ
constitutional reforms in Morocco ⓘ
protests in Jordan ⓘ
protests in Oman ⓘ
mainRegion Arab world ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
notableCountry Algeria ⓘ
Bahrain ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
opposedBy entrenched security apparatuses ⓘ
ruling regimes ⓘ
politicalDemand anti-corruption measures ⓘ
democratic reforms ⓘ
end to emergency laws ⓘ
free elections ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
resultedIn civil war in Syria ⓘ
civil war in Yemen ⓘ
increased repression in some Gulf states ⓘ
overthrow of Hosni Mubarak ⓘ
overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ⓘ
political reforms in Tunisia ⓘ
resignation of Ali Abdullah Saleh ⓘ
slogan The people want to bring down the regime ⓘ
startDate 2010-12 ⓘ
timePeriod early 2010s ⓘ
triggerEvent self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi ⓘ
triggerEventCountry Tunisia ⓘ
triggerEventDate 2010-12-17 ⓘ
triggerEventPlace Sidi Bouzid ⓘ
usedMedium Facebook ⓘ
Twitter, Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Twitter

satellite television ⓘ
social media ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Protester → associatedWithEvent → Arab Spring ⓘ
Arab world → hasHistoricalEvent → Arab Spring ⓘ
Tunisia → historicalEvent → Arab Spring ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tunisian Revolution
Tunisia → historicalEvent → Arab Spring ⓘ
Arab Spring → ledTo → Arab Spring self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bahraini uprising of 2011
Arab Spring → alsoKnownAs → Arab Spring ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab revolutions
Arab Spring → alsoKnownAs → Arab Spring ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab uprisings
Occupy Wall Street → inspiredBy → Arab Spring ⓘ
2011 Libyan Civil War → partOf → Arab Spring ⓘ
Tunisian Revolution → partOf → Arab Spring ⓘ
Arab Winter → follows → Arab Spring ⓘ
Arab Winter → contrastsWith → Arab Spring ⓘ
Egyptian Revolution of 2011 → partOf → Arab Spring ⓘ
Syrian Civil War → hasCause → Arab Spring ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab Spring protests
Yemeni Revolution of 2011 → partOf → Arab Spring ⓘ
Tahrir Square → associatedWithMovement → Arab Spring ⓘ
Martyrs’ Square → hostedEvent → Arab Spring ⓘ
this entity surface form: October 2019 Lebanese protests
Hosni Mubarak → oustedDuring → Arab Spring ⓘ
Women of the Arab Spring → participatedIn → Arab Spring ⓘ
Battle of Sirte (2011) → associatedWith → Arab Spring ⓘ
Hard Choices → topic → Arab Spring ⓘ
Hard Choices → describesEvent → Arab Spring ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab Spring uprisings
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali → wasDeposedDuring → Arab Spring ⓘ
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali → era → Arab Spring ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab Spring era
January 25 Uprising → partOf → Arab Spring ⓘ
Day of Revolt → timePeriod → Arab Spring ⓘ
Bahraini uprising of 2011 → relatedTo → Arab Spring ⓘ
Friday of Dignity massacre → partOf → Arab Spring ⓘ
Operation Odyssey Dawn → relatedTo → Arab Spring ⓘ
Battle of the Camel → timePeriod → Arab Spring ⓘ
Liberation Square → associatedWithEvent → Arab Spring ⓘ
The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East → focusesOnEvent → Arab Spring ⓘ
Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) → partOf → Arab Spring ⓘ
Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014) → mainParticipants → Arab Spring ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egyptian protesters
NTC → relatedEvent → Arab Spring ⓘ
subject surface form: National Transitional Council
anti-Gaddafi rebel forces → formedDuring → Arab Spring ⓘ
Middle East politics → hasHistoricalEvent → Arab Spring ⓘ
Tawakkol Karman → movement → Arab Spring ⓘ
Asmaa Mahfouz → movement → Arab Spring ⓘ
Lina Ben Mhenni → movement → Arab Spring ⓘ
Gihan Ibrahim → movement → Arab Spring ⓘ
Samira Ibrahim → movement → Arab Spring ⓘ
Prime Minister of the National Transitional Council → historicalPeriod → Arab Spring ⓘ
Qatar diplomatic crisis 2017 → relatedTo → Arab Spring ⓘ
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia → era → Arab Spring ⓘ
revolutionary brigades → timePeriod → Arab Spring ⓘ
subject surface form: Revolutionary Brigades
Battle of Zawiya (2011) → timePeriod → Arab Spring ⓘ
Ayat Al-Qurmezi → movement → Arab Spring ⓘ
Algeria–United States relations → historicalEvent → Arab Spring ⓘ
southern Syria → sawMajorEventsIn → Arab Spring ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Syria
this entity surface form: 2011 Syrian uprising