Arab Spring

A view of the sign for Westminster Magistrates Court on November 14, 2025 in London, United Kingdom.
Syria
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Ex-Syrian colonel in UK court for crimes against humanity

Salem al-Salem appeared in a London court accused of murder and torture linked to Syria’s 2011 crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 March, 2026
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Driven to Their Knees: How humiliation shapes modern power

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Usman Butt

10 December, 2025
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Syria
MENA
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HRW: UAE dissident held in Syria risks torture if extradited

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 December, 2025
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Making Aid Work: Why Western assistance failed in MENA region

Hossam el-Hamalawy

Hossam el-Hamalawy

03 December, 2025
A Bahraini girl holds up a placard bearing a portrait of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and reading in Arabic "Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, will and determination, hunger strike" during an anti-government protest in the village of Jannusan, west of the capital Manama, on September 5, 2014.
Bahrain
MENA
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Bahrain activist launches hunger strike in prison over detention

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 October, 2025
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Egypt
Analysis
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After the earthquake, a new chapter in Egypt-Syria ties?

Thaer Mansour
09 March, 2023
The age of Counter-Revolutions
autocracy
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The age of counter-revolution: Arab autocracies fight back

Marc Martorell Junyent

Marc Martorell Junyent

22 February, 2023
Protestors holding pictures of Nasser Zefzafi and Alaa Abdel Fattah
Arab Spring
Perspectives

Where are the heroes of the Arab Spring 12 years on?

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Abdellatif El Hamamouchi

31 January, 2023
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Tunisia
In-depth
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Tunisia elections: Kais Saied's failed political roadmap

Alessandra Bajec
31 January, 2023
Kais Saied
MENA
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Tunisians protest Saied's rule on anniversary of revolution

The New Arab Staff
14 January, 2023
Turkey
Arabic language
Society
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Arabic revival in Turkey after decades-long disappearance

Adnan Abdul Razzaq

Adnan Abdul Razzaq

12 January, 2023
Arab Spring
MENA
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Public split over success of Arab Spring uprisings: Index

Ali Abbas Ahmadi
05 January, 2023
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisians shun vote for powerless new parliament

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 December, 2022
THE QUEUE BY BASMA ADEL AZIZ
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The Queue: Satirical fiction within a dystopian Arab regime

The New Arab Staff

Aisha Yusuff

14 December, 2022
Arab Spring
Perspectives

Is despair making Arab peoples nostalgic for old dictators?

Tareq Alnaimat

Tareq Al-Naimat

01 December, 2022
Muslim Brotherhood
MENA
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Muslim Brotherhood leadership detained in Jordan

William Christou
15 November, 2022
Askhal: Tunisian detective thriller takes on the revolution
Tunisia
Culture
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Ashkal: Tunisian detective thriller takes on the revolution

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

28 October, 2022
Tunisia
MENA
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Poverty and police brutality trigger more protests in Tunis

Basma El Atti
18 October, 2022
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia: Long queues, short 'tempers' follow gas shortage

Basma El Atti
13 October, 2022
Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East by Marc Owen Jones
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Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East

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Usman Butt

12 October, 2022
Yusuf Al-Qaradawi was one of the Muslim world's most outspoken and influential clerics [Getty]
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
MENA
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi: A controversial voice for moderation

The New Arab Staff
28 September, 2022