List of Arab Spring articles
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gettyimages-514489558-cropped Mourning the Syria That Might Have Been
How Assad’s forces bombed a democratic experiment into oblivion.
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aq Why Jihadists Fight
Tunisia is supposed to be the success story of the Arab Spring — so why are so many of its young men flocking to the Islamic State?
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hammamresized Art Is a Window to the Arab World’s Soul
If you want to understand the Middle East (in Washington, D.C.), ditch the think-tank panels and catch the photo exhibits and hip-hop shows by Arab artists.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton poses for a photo during a visit a hospital in Tripoli, the capital of Libya on October 18, 2011. AFP PHOTO/KEVIN LAMARQUE/POOL (Photo credit should read ) Hillary Clinton Has No Regrets About Libya
The intervention didn’t go according to plan. But the Democratic front-runner doesn’t think withdrawing from the Middle East is the answer.
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GettyImages-495260752 crop Turkey Has Given Up on Democracy Outside Its Borders, Too
Not too long ago, Ankara was working to promote democracy across its region. But an increasingly authoritarian President Erdogan has lost interest.
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GettyImages-457820944 crop How Tunisia’s Islamists Embraced Democracy
The Ennahda party was widely seen as a threat to Tunisia's democratic transition. Instead, it helped drive it forward.
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Libyans stand next to a crater and debris at the site of a jihadist training camp, targeted in a US air strike, near the Libyan city of Sabratha on February 19, 2016. A US air strike on a jihadist training camp in Libya killed dozens of people Friday, probably including a senior Islamic State group operative behind attacks in Tunisia, officials said. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images) Why the U.S. Strike in Libya Wasn’t Just About Libya
Washington was also trying to protect Tunisia — and help keep the Arab Spring’s only success story from going off the rails.
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zzzGettyImages-504960304 crop How Tunisia’s Crooked Cops Are Undermining the Revolution
Tunisia's uprising was a cry against pervasive corruption. Five years later, it's only gotten worse.
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Supporters of ruling party candidate, Jovenel Moise, of PHTK political party, march in Port-au-Prince, on January 28, 2016 to give their support to the candidate and to protest against the possible installation of a transitional government. The demonstrators demand the continuation of the electoral process that was scheduled for Sunday January 24. Haiti's electoral authority postponed the planned January 24th presidential run-off amid mounting opposition street protests and voting fraud allegations. / AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL (Photo credit should read HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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GettyImages-483136960 crop The Army And Its President
To keep the armed forces happy, President Sisi is giving them Egypt’s economy.
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506091072 crop Five Years Later, Tunisians Take to the Streets Again
In the new, democratic Tunisia, people are protesting again — and for the same reason as before.
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GettyImages-499617142 crop Egypt’s Roadmap to Nowhere
The new parliament in Cairo is just a fig leaf for President Sisi's authoritarian rule.
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GettyImages-498618362 crop Why Counterterrorism Could Be the Death of Tunisian Democracy
Tunisia’s security state is threatening to undo the gains of the revolution.
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GettyImages-169044447 crop On Human Rights Day, a Tunisian Court Sent Six Men to Prison For Being Gay
Five years after a revolution transformed Tunisia, the country still has a long way to go on human rights.
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GettyImages-498927076 crop Still Under Curfew, Tunis Goes Quiet
Since the bus bombing that struck Tunis in late November, the city has been under strict curfew. Here's what it's like.
