Arab Spring

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf political movement
revolutionary wave
series of protests
alsoKnownAs Arab revolutions
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 Bahraini uprising of 2011
Egyptian Revolution of 2011
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
satellite television
social media


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