Tag: Arab Spring
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The world in 2025
2024 ends with a monumental historic event: the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria and the rebuilding of Syria after more than fifty years of tyranny and oppression by the Baathist regime and political party that today is no more. This historic event does not stand in isolation to its regional neighbours:…
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Will the next Arab Spring be ignited by women?
The Arab Spring was ignited by a young male street vendor called Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia who burnt himself after the police harassed him and confiscated his items on the street. Bouazizi’s death had sparked the anger of many Arabs across the Arab world and many Arab dictators were toppled as a result. Egyptian President…
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The Arab Spring arrives in Gaza
More than ten years after it had first started, the Arab Spring has finally arrived in Gaza. When Mohamed Bouazizi lighted himself on fire and ignited most of the Arab world in revolt, one of the very few places that was virtually unaffected by this revolutionary wave was Palestine. Now, after beating up a Hamas…
