Arab Spring

noun

1. a series of uprisings in Arab countries, beginning in Tunisia in December 2010, in which protesters challenged the existing authoritarian regimes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arab Spring¹

Patterned after Prague Spring

Example Sentences

Hahrie Han, a Johns Hopkins political science professor who has done research on why certain activist campaigns work, says that social media platforms have made it possible for 21st-century social movements to arise through virality, as with some Arab Spring protests and the Facebook group that spawned the Women’s March.

From Slate

I spent the summer of 2011 in Cairo following the inspirational and successful uprising against Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship in Egypt as part of the Arab Spring.

From Slate

Tunisia was where the Arab Spring, a series of uprisings against autocratic rulers in North Africa and the Middle East, began in late 2010.

From BBC

In his first special in nearly 15 years, Ahmed filmed “It Only Takes One of Us” at the American University in Cairo, a former palace in Tahrir Square, site of 2011’s Arab Spring protests.

From Los Angeles Times

He added: “I envision the number of people who would be demonstrating if Trump wins the election, if the Republicans were to win both houses, making Tahrir Square in Egypt — the 'Arab Spring' demonstrations in 2011 — look small. And those protests succeeded in bringing down the autocratic Mubarak government.”

From Salon