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Jan 2024
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#30 The Arab Spring in Egypt

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Join us as we uncover the historical events surrounding the Arab Spring in Egypt in 2011, a grassroots uprising that resulted in the removal of President Hosni Mubarak and triggered far-reaching democratic movements across the Middle East.

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