Tag: arab spring

Could Morocco’s Latest Wave of Protests Finally Force the Change They Seek?
Following the murder of Mouhcine Fikri, protesters in Morocco have returned to the ‘unfinished business’ of the 20 February Movement of 2011. In doing so, they are showing that fundamental change in the country is not a question of if, but how.
April 6 Youth Movement: The State is Silencing a Voice of Egypt’s Revolution
Last month, the leaders of the April 6 Youth Movement spent the 8th anniversary of the Egyptian group behind bars. Crucial to the 2011 revolution, their experiences since then show how Egypt has fallen back to the ‘deep state’.
6 Things the Mubarak Trial Means for Egypt and the Revolution
A judge’s decision to throw out the charges against Mubarak for his role in the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the February 2011 Egyptian revolution was unsurprising, and President Sisi’s response was revealing - but it does not mean “the end of the Arab Spring.”