On January 27, 2011, over 16,000 protestors met in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, to protest the Yemeni government. These protests followed protests in Tunisia and Egypt, and was part of the Arab Spring. Yemeni President Saleh then announced on February 2 that he would not seek reelection in 2013 … Continue reading
Journalist Harald Doornbos was in Libya during the Arab Spring. In this 2011 Ted Talk X in Amsterdam, he presents the souvenirs and propaganda he brought back from a country in the middle of a revolution. Continue reading
Doctors and nurses in Bahrain, during the Arab Spring, tell stories of how they were tortured, imprisoned, and jailed for treating injured demonstrators. Continue reading
Charlie Beckett, Director of the London School of Economics, discusses how social media helped the Arab Spring grow and why citizen journalism fueled the revolution. Continue reading
Libyan writer Hisham Matar discusses his country's revolution that followed the self-immolation of Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi. Continue reading
The family of Mohamed Bouazizi recalls what happened on December 17, 2010, the day he set himself on fire as protest against the harassment he received as a street vendor. Continue reading
Award-winning Middle East foreign correspondent Johnny West, author of the book Karma, talks about his experiences in Egypt during the Arab Spring. Continue reading
An American social studies teacher spent 10 days in Cairo, Egypt and discusses his experiences during the protests. Continue reading
Journalism student from UC Berkeley, Justin Hinton, was studying in Egypt when the Arab Spring protests broke out and he recounts his time during the revolution. Continue reading
