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Spring Goes to Winter: A Very Twenty-First Century Revolution in the Middle East

Tunisians at Mark Martyrs day

Tunisians gather in Tunis, April 2013, holding photographs of young men who died during the 2011 Tunisian revolution. On this ‘Martyrs’ Day’, a holiday to commemorate a failed 1938 uprising against French colonial rule, citizens demand justice for the vic


The Arab Spring of 2011, a time of hope and optimism especially for the region’s young people, has become an Arab Winter. To turn the tide, young people must rally behind a unifying cause and not be discouraged by incremental, imperfect reforms.

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