Arab Spring

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Arab Spring

Patterned after Prague Spring

Example Sentences

Prior to that, she led writing groups in juvenile halls across the Bay Area and freelanced in Cairo during the Egyptian revolution and Arab Spring.

From The Wall Street Journal

The North African has struggled to recover from chaos that erupted following the 2011 Arab Spring uprising.

From Barron's

Ranks of youth often form the front lines of mass protests—from China’s 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations to the Arab Spring uprisings of the early 2010s, to Myanmar’s youth rebellion against a military coup in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal

Abdel Fattah was a leading voice in Egypt's 2011 Arab Spring uprising.

From Barron's

Shadi Haroun, a young leader of the Arab Spring protests that spread to Syria, met the general face-to-face in 2011 after he was arrested and brought to Air Force Intelligence headquarters at Mezzeh air base in Damascus.

From The Wall Street Journal