Arab Spring

The Arab Spring may be making a return. A rebel uprising in Syria has now officially toppled the Assad regime.

Commentary “Social Change and the Global Middle East,” a Jan. 20 webinar sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania’s ...

Commentary Once again, a Democrat is in the White House, and once again, the Middle East is on ...

Commentary Since the “Arab Spring” began with protests in Tunisia at the end of 2010, there has been ...

The Arab Spring, a wave of protests sweeping through the Middle East in 2011, inspired hope for more ...

After five years of violence and political instability, Libya may be on the verge of forming a stable ...

Tunisians are marking five years since the culmination of their "Jasmine Revolution."

A big question is reverberating in the minds of many; why have the Arab Gulf states not taken ...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Tuesday night, according to preliminary reports.

A desperate Tunisian fruit and vegetable vendor immolated himself on Dec. 17, 2010, setting off a chain of ...

TUNIS, Tunisia—Tunisian polling firms have declared Beji Caid Essebsi, an 88-year-old official from previous regimes, as the winner ...

TUNIS, Tunisia—Tunisians voted on Sunday for a new president in a runoff between an official from the country's ...

The meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Egyptian President Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi September 25, 2014 on the margins ...

A judge dismissed murder charges Saturday against former President Hosni Mubarak and acquitted his security chief over the ...

We Are The Giant documents the bravery of six activists challenging oppression in the Middle East that followed ...

Tunisia, the birthplace of the 2011 Arab uprisings, is on the cusp of a defining moment. The parliamentary ...

In a period of about six weeks spanning August and September 2014, President Obama dramatically revamped his Middle ...

Violence is once again flaring in the Middle East and the Arab Spring seems like a distant, wilted ...

Violence is once again flaring in the Middle East and the Arab Spring seems like a distant, wilted ...

Three and a half years ago, the world was riveted by the massive crowds of youths mobilizing in ...

After the death of Osama Bin Laden in May 2011, the global jihadist movement seemed to have become ...

On May 26 and 27 Egyptians will go to the polls to elect a president for the second ...

In the current two months between mid-April and early June, five Arab countries—Algeria, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, and even ...

When Qatar’s Sheik Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani came to power after his father abdicated in late June 2013, ...

Maidan Square in Kiev. Taksim Square in Istanbul. Tahrir Square in Cairo. Recent democratic movements around the globe ...

Europe’s neighbourhood is in flames. To the south, the optimism provoked by the Arab spring quickly gave way ...

In a historic first, three Arab films—all dealing with the political and social challenges faced by Arab youth—were ...