Arab Spring Then and Now
by Robert Fisk
2020-09-03 19:13:34
Three award-winning journalists dive into the 2010 uprising that engulfed North Africa and the Middle Eastâand its aftermath. âThe big problem with the Middle East is to get people to see it from a different perspective; to stop accepting t...
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Three award-winning journalists dive into the 2010 uprising that engulfed North Africa and the Middle Eastâand its aftermath. âThe big problem with the Middle East is to get people to see it from a different perspective; to stop accepting the American version of reality, i.e. âterror terror terror,â and instead look at the question of injustice. Seeing a different perspective, that of people who suffer for example.â âRobert Fisk, The Independent In December 2010, the âTunisian Revolutionâ touched off a wave of protests, riots, revolutions and civil wars throughout the Middle East. Initially the world hoped for positive changeâdemocracy, free elections, and human rights. But, by 2012 the Arab Spring had morphed into âArab Winterâ bringing death, destruction, and despair. The Independentâs Robert Fisk, Patrick Cockburn, and Kim Sengupta, among the most acclaimed Middle East correspondents of our generation, examine the events of this regional tsunami that threatens to have an impact on our world for years to come.
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