Westerners’ interpretations of events and Arabs’ perceptions of themselves are still muddled a decade after the Arab Spring.
Arab Spring articles on Democracy Chronicles
The Arab Spring was the revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests in the Arab world following the banner of one man in Tunisia, began on 17 December 2010 with the Tunisian Revolution. Popular protests took place in many countries including Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen.
Rights Groups’ Open Letter Claims Bahrain Formula 1 Abuses
Rights groups call on Formula 1 to investigate human rights violations in Bahrain and the company’s role in whitewashing the country’s rights record.
How Yemen’s Old Order Snuffed Out the Country’s Arab Spring
Ten years ago, Yemenis called for change but the old guard and foreign power’s backlash crushed those hopes giving Yemen war instead.
10 Years Since Arab Spring, Repression Fails To Stop New Activism
Although the Arab Spring largely failed with dictatorships still dominant in the Arab world new activism has not been stopped by repression.
Bahrain: 10 years on, pro-democracy movement crushed
10 years on, the demo-optimism that drove the February 2011 movement for democracy in Bahrain as been crushed as the world looks on.
A Decade After the Arab Spring, Autocrats Still Rule the Mideast
Although the Arab Spring of early 2011 onwards largely failed, it gave the people of the Maghreb and Middle East an appetite for change.
Debate Rages Around 10-Year Anniversary of Arab Spring
The chaotic, unpredictable and uneven fashion in which regimes collapsed shows that authoritarianism is highly fragile
10 Years On, Taking Stock of Tunisian Democracy
Asking Tunisians what they thought of the perilous journey their country has made toward democracy—and what their hopes are for the future.
Arab Spring 10 years on: What went wrong?
When the Arab Spring broke out there was much hope for reforms. However, a decade on, the hope that it would bring democracy to the Arab world looks lost.
Sudan’s Deadly Crackdown Evokes Arab Spring Bloodshed
In the Middle East, it has often begun the same way: a popular swell of street protests against long-entrenched autocrats and demonstrators .