Tunisia returns to autocratic rule, 15 years after Jasmine Revolution
Country saw first of a string of movements across North Africa and Middle East that became known as the Arab Spring
Arab Spring
Inside Dublin Islamic centre: pressure on ‘senior official’ to step down amid claims over staff links to banned group
Ali Selim, who recently left the Clonskeagh centre, says ‘it is very hard to answer’ whether certain officials could be Muslim Brotherhood members
The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East by Fawaz A Gerges – engaging read for seasoned observers
The scope is perhaps too broad, and the prose a little dry, for this book to appeal to the general reader
Show me ‘citizen journalism’ and I’ll show you a rat’s nest of some of the most noxious people around
What began as the high idealism of Arab Spring-style community reporting has soured into the preserve of right-wing provocateurs
Israel-Hamas war: Gulf states walk geopolitical tightrope as popular Arab sentiment condemns bombardment of Gaza
Gulf rulers fear expanded war pitting the US and Israel against Iran’s allies
Bahrain jail inmates reject partial plan and persist with large-scale hunger strike
Political prisoners use starvation to pressurise authorities to deliver on pledge to improve conditions
Harka: ‘Who was this man who became the symbol of the Arab Spring? That was my entry point’
Lotfy Nathan has turned Mohamed Bouazizi’s story into the powerful, poignant Harka, starring the extraordinary Adam Bessa
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