Arab Spring

25 ViZionaries: Amjad Taha - No. 10

A prominent Arab voice supporting Israel-Arab normalization

Amjad Taha, Arab voice supporting Israel-Arab normalization
A demonstrator holds empty tear gas canisters during a protest over the deteriorating economic situation, in Riad al-Solh Square in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2023. PremiumPremium

The Arab Spring is dead, and a new social contract has replaced it - analysis

Dutch Education, Culture and Science Gouke Moes and the Egyptian Ambassador to the Netherlands during the formal handover ceremony of the stolen scultpure at the Egyptian embassy in the Hague, February 8, 2026.

Netherlands returns 3,500-year-old sculpture stolen from Egypt during Arab Spring

Yemeni children play soccer at a displaced persons camp in Marib, Yemen, October 29, 2024.

Yemen’s fractured power struggle deepens its humanitarian, political crisis - opinion


New Tunisian constitution calls for Palestinian state, Jerusalem as capital

The right of the Palestinian people to their stolen land and the establishment of their state over it after its liberation, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif [Jerusalem] as its capital," the constitution reads.

Tunisian presidential candidate Kais Saied reacts after exit poll results were announced in a second round runoff of the presidential election in Tunis, Tunisia October 13, 2019.

Why is Tunisia's referendum so important? - analysis

If President Kais Saied triumphs in his quest for the new constitution, this will likely be praised in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, but critiqued by Ankara and Doha.

 People take part in a protest against President Kais Saied's referendum on a new constitution, in Tunis, Tunisia, July 23, 2022.

Musk's Twitter free speech promise may be tested in Middle East - analysis

Both Twitter and Facebook showed their potential to influence real-life events during the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings but many democratic gains were reversed.

 People use their mobile phones in front of the office of Turkish airlines in Cairo, Egypt December 24, 2017.

Case of American detained in Libya shines spotlight on North African country

Libya has become synonymous with the kind of chaos that some countries sunk into after the 2011 Arab Spring.

 Members of the Libyan internationally recognised government forces fire during a fight with Eastern forces in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya April 28, 2019.

This is the depth of suffering of the Syrian civil war

Levin believes his whole quest, and the unsavory individuals he meets along the way, reveals the corrupt and inhumane basis of the Syrian civil war.

 A Syrian Civil Defence member carries a wounded child in the besieged town of Hamoria, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria January 6, 2018.

How responses to Tunisia show shifting Middle East geopolitics – analysis

The US has tiptoed around the situation, highlighting the Biden administration’s trepidation when it comes to involvement in the region.

Tunisian presidential candidate Kais Saied reacts after exit poll results were announced in a second round runoff of the presidential election in Tunis, Tunisia October 13, 2019

Tunisian president sacks prime minister, freezes parliament

Crowds of people quickly flooded the capital and other cities, cheering and honking car horns.

Presidential candidate Kais Saied speaks during a news conference after the announcement of the results in the first round of Tunisia's presidential election

The importance of monarchies for regional stability - comment

Let us start with Algeria – a republic controlled by the army – an oil rich country where the population is suffering economically.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI arrives for a lunch  at the Elysee Palace.

‘Palestinian Spring’ not such a good deal - opinion

The Palestinian uprising, if that’s what it turns out to be, started with the brutal murder of activist Nizar Banat, who openly criticized the Abbas regime for its abuses and corruption

Cairo protest

Tunisia, Arab Spring’s sole success story, plagued by police brutality

Citizens demand an end to the long-standing use of excessive force.

Protests in Tunisia