"The 201011 Middle East and
North Africa protests (or The Arab Spring) are an unprecedented
revolutionary wave of
demonstrations and
protests which have been taking place in the
Middle
East and North Africa since 18 December 2010. To date, there
have been revolutions in
Egypt and
Tunisia; an
uprising in Libya; major protests in
Algeria,
Bahrain,
Djibouti,
Iraq,
Jordan,
Oman,
Syria and
Yemen; and minor protests in
Kuwait,
Iran,
Lebanon,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Saudi Arabia,
Sudan and
Western
Sahara. The protests have shared techniques of
civil
resistance in sustained campaigns involving strikes,
demonstrations, marches and rallies, as well as the use of
social media
such as Facebook and Twitter to organise, communicate, and raise
awareness in the face of attempts at state repression and
Internet censorship." Source:
Wikipedia
