Daily: The ARAB SPRING ten years on

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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“Rarely have people sacrificed so much for so little.” The great uprisings across the Arab world in 2010-12 began in hope and ended in bitter disappointment, with hardline rule strengthened in many Arab countries. On the tenth anniversary of the event that began the Arab Spring, the overthrow of the Tunisian government, we talk to two experts – journalist for the BBC, Vice and LA Times Zahra Hankir and Khaled Diab, author of Islam For The Politically Incorrect – about what this great rebellion really achieved, how the pandemic has shown the weakness of these supposed strong regimes, and where the spirit of the Arab Spring could rise again. “When people say the Arab Spring ‘failed’, it’s just a way to take the thunder out of the idea that people can make change happen.” – Khaled Diab “The Arab Spring is not done, as long as people and activists are still trying to make change happen. That spirit is still alive.” – Zahra Hankir “In the Arab world, it’s not the people who don’t get democracy – it’s the leaders.” – Khaled Diab “They couldn’t kill the idea, so they locked up or silenced everyone who advocated that idea.” – Khaled Diab Find out more about developments in the fight for freedom in the Arab world at: madamasr.com thepublicsource.org aljumhuriya.net newlinesmag.com Presented by Dorian Lynskey. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.3	Johnny 14th is the 10th anniversary of the Austing of Tunisian President,
1:15.5	Zina alabadine Ben Ali, after a wave anti-government street protests that were echoed
1:19.7	across the region, especially in Egypt, Syria, Libya, Yemen and Bahrain.
1:23.2	It became known as the Arab Spring, a period of great upheaval and optimism that made 2011 a year to compare
1:28.0	with 1968 and 1848, but it did not turn out as hoped.
1:32.0	Some dictators remain in place, others were replaced by different authoritarians,
1:35.3	or left a power vacuum that was filled by chaos. To discuss the events and the legacy of that year,
1:40.5	I'm pleased to welcome two experts. Zara Hankier is a Lebanese British journalist and the editor of Our Women on the Ground,
1:46.5	a collection of essays by Arab women about reporting on the Arab world.
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