Year 10 Politics: Arab Spring Web Resources

Provides an overview of the Middle East uprisings in 2011 - where the term "Arab Spring" originated, the aim of the protests and a comment on their impact.

A map tracing the timeline of the protests and demonstrations

Provides a visual timeline of the Arab Spring, and a country by country account on what occurred in the following five years.

An analysis of the consequences of the Arab Spring movements over the following six years.

Summarises what happened then and the situation now, with links to further articles and analyses.

Written a year after the Arab Spring, this article looks at how the uprising in Bahrain was suppressed.

How and why the uprising failed (reflection written five years after the Arab Spring).

Examples of how, in the years after the Arab Spring, authorities have continued to "arrest, torture and intimidate."

Summarises the current state of Bahrain from a political and human rights perspective

Reflections on the Arab Spring protests and the 2019 protests across the same region, and what happened in the intervening years.

Summarises what happened then and the situation now, with links to further articles and analyses.

How social media enabled the protests in Tunisia to become a viral phenomenon and bring about revolution.

A timeline showing the major events from the revolution that triggered the Arab Spring uprisings up until the 2019 elections

A 2019 analysis of the achievements and challenges in Tunisia's democratic transition

Summarises the current state of Tunisia from a political and human rights perspective

Summarises what happened then and the situation now, with links to further articles and analyses.

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Article looks at what made Libya different to other countries in the Arab Spring, and what has happened in Libya's political landscape in the years since.

Summarises the current state of Libya from a political and human rights perspective.

Summarises what happened then and the situation now, with links to further articles and analyses.

Identifies ten causes for the Syrian uprisings which began in March 2011

Paper presents "the reasons of outbreak of conflict in Syria at the background of social and political situation of the Arab world at the beginning of 21st century." (PDF free download)

How the conflict started, and international involvement, peace talks, rebel groups and refugees since. Includes links to videos.

Interactive timeline and description of the phases of war which indicates how Syria's war "has been the most complex conflict to emerge from the 2011 Arab uprisings. "

Summarises the current state of Syria from a political and human rights perspective

Summarises what happened then and the situation now, with links to further articles and analyses.

Interactive timeline of events since the Arab Spring in which Egypt "has witnessed protests, political turnovers, sporadic violence and waves of oppression."

Examines the Egyptian revolution that led to the end of the Hosni Mubarak regime (PDF free download)

Summarises the current state of Egypt from a political and human rights perspective