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Arab street

noun

  1. informal,  public opinion in the Arab world

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"But the Arab street has not forgotten Iraq," he said.

From BBC

Anti-Americanism on the so-called Arab Street is at an all-time high.

"The scale of the aggression against the Gaza strip is unprecedented. Therefore, the reaction, whether on the Arab street or even internationally, is unprecedented," said Hossam Mahmoud, a member of BDS Egypt.

From Reuters

“The Arab street has a voice. That voice may have been ignored in the past by governments in the region and the West … but they cannot do this anymore,” said Badr al-Saif, a history professor at Kuwait University.

As he made his diplomatic foray, Blinken may have miscalculated how strong the pro-Palestinian sentiment on the Arab “street” remained, or how cautiously some regional leaders would feel compelled to react to the Hamas rampage and the much-anticipated Israeli onslaught.

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