Arab street

British  

noun

1. informal public opinion in the Arab world

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Example Sentences

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

From BBC

“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.

From Seattle Times

"The state will do its part, but the Arab street must be all in as well," said Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

From BBC

“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

That potential for combustion forced Middle Eastern and Western leaders to keep a wary eye on the temperature of what was called the “Arab street.”

From New York Times