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Dec 2020
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Dreams of a Revolution: The Arab Spring,...

The New Arab
About this episode
Tune in for a special episode of The New Arab Voice, which revisits the widespread pro-democracy movement that drastically changed the face of the Middle East and North Africa. 10 years ago today, Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire out of pure desperation, triggering the Arab Spring - a wave of anti-government protests that shook the region.

We will speak to the individuals who were there 10 years ago, those who work to improve their country today, and others who
answered a question that was asked time and again: how did we get here?

This two-part series will be focusing on five Arab Spring countries: Tunisia, Libya,
 Egypt, Yemen and Syria.
 
In this first part, we cover Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab Spring, which is hailed as its only success.

We will then look at neighboring Libya, where civil society activists carry on their peace-building efforts in the midst of the crisis, violence and instability that has plagued the country since its uprising.

Part 2, which covers Egypt, Syria and Yemen, will be released on Friday December 17.

Featuring comments from:
- Mona Eltahawy, Egyptian activist and journalist
- Kholoud Helmi, Syrian journalist 
- Youssef Cherif, director of Columbia Global Center Tunis
- Hala Bugaighis, co-founder of Jusoor Libya
- Abdulhadi Soliman, head of Fezzan Libya

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(Produced by Gaia Caramazza and Danya Hajjaji. Music by Omar al-Fil @elepheel. To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email multimedia.english@alaraby.co.uk)

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