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Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of the Arab Spring
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the height of the Arab Spring, a time of street protests and revolution stretching across the Middle East and North Africa. Young people rose up to depose dictators and finally claim their freedom – or so they hoped. What began in youthful fervor descended in many countries into crackdowns, civil war, and the establishment of even harsher dictatorships.
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Colette Avital; Bill Weir; Rebecca Solnit; Rep. Anna Paulina Luna; Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández
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Ellie Geranmayeh; Ghassan Hasbani; Keisha Lance Bottoms; Richard Just; Seyi Arongundade;Emma Rowland