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Citizens toppling oppressors is not exclusively an Arab thing

The term “Arab Spring” soon emerged to describe the series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across North Africa and the Middle East from late 2010. Different countries were affected differently with Tunisia, and later Egypt, experiencing revolutions while major uprisings and social violence continue in Libya, Yemen and Syria.

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