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The first specific use of the term Arab Spring as used to denote these events may have started with the US political journal Foreign Policy. [27] Political scientist Marc Lynch described Arab Spring as "a term I may have unintentionally coined in a 6 January 2011 article" for Foreign Policy magazine.
2010 December Protests arose in Tunisia following Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation. On 29 December, protests begin in Algeria 2011 January Protests arose in Oman, Yemen, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, & Morocco. The government was overthrown in Tunisia on 14 January 2011. On 25 January 2011, thousands of protesters in Egypt gathered in Tahrir Square, in Cairo. They demanded the resignation of ...
On 14 February 2011, amid pan-Arab calls for reform, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad submitted his resignation along with that of his cabinet to President Mahmoud Abbas. [105] After consultations with other factions, institutions, and civil society groups, Abbas asked him to form a new government. [ 106 ]
The protests in Saudi Arabia were part of the Arab Spring that started with the 2011 Tunisian revolution. Protests started with a self-immolation in Samtah [36] and Jeddah street protests in late January 2011. [37] [38] Protests against anti-Shia discrimination followed in February and early March in Qatif, Hofuf, al-Awamiyah, and Riyadh. [39]
President Kais Saied's near-certain—and certainly illegitimate—reelection in the Oct. 6 election is a sad reminder of the Arab Spring's failure. The Sorry State of Tunisia's Democracy Skip to ...
The 2011 Lebanese protests, also known as the Intifada of Dignity or Uprising of Dignity [1] were seen as influenced by the Arab Spring. [2] The main protests focused on calls for political reform especially against confessionalism in Lebanon. The protests initiated in early 2011, and dimmed by the end of the year.
The Syrian Revolution, [29] [30] also known as the Syrian Revolution of Dignity [b] and the Syrian Intifada, [31] was a series of mass protests and civilian uprisings throughout Syria – with a subsequent violent reaction by the Ba'athist regime – lasting from February 2011 to December 2024 as part of the greater Arab Spring in the Arab world.
Al-Nimr was a central figure in Shiite protests that erupted in 201, and carrying out his execution may spark new unrest.