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Arab street

British  

noun

  1. informal public opinion in the Arab world

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Within hours, the discourse on the Arab street changed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

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

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

“We kept shouting, ‘We want water, just water, we don’t have water,’” Mohammad, 29, an ethnic Arab street vendor, said in a phone interview with The New York Times from Ahvaz, Khuzestan’s provincial capital.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2021

Ever since he came into the White House, it has been a major talking point in the Arab street, as you might say.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2018

American diplomats, he insists, cannot fool them­selves into engaging with the Arab street by sending tweets from behind fortified walls.

From Newsweek • Nov. 5, 2012