Arab Spring: 10 years on

In 2021, normalisation failed to mask the suffering in Syria
2021 marked a decade since the beginning of the Syrian uprising, with violence and economic hardship still rife.
Published On 30 Dec 2021
Egypt jails leading activist Alaa Abdel Fattah for five years
Egypt sentences Abdel Fattah, a leading figure in the 2011 revolution, to jail with two others for speaking ‘fake news’.
Published On 20 Dec 2021
Tunisia’s Saied says he will change anniversary of revolution
President says anniversary to mark the beginning of the uprising, rather than the deposing of former dictator Ben Ali.
Published On 2 Dec 2021
Egypt’s first post-Mubarak ruler, Hussein Tantawi, dies aged 85
Egypt’s former military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi has died aged 85, Egypt’s presidency said.
Published On 21 Sep 2021

Taking an award-winning photo helped one Spanish photographer connect with a country rarely seen beyond the stereotypes.

Tunisia’s largest parliamentary party faces an existential threat after President Saied assumed executive powers.

Revisiting five months in a hospital that was at the heart of Syria’s rebellion.

A photojournalist who covered Syria’s civil war tells the story of a young rebel fighter he met.

Set in 2053, it follows group of undercover agents plotting to take down hereditary ruler.

But that all changed when government forces fired on peaceful protesters. A Yemeni demonstrator remembers that day.

A decade after the Arab Spring, Westerners’ perceptions of events and Arabs’ perceptions of themselves remain muddled.

A photojournalist describes capturing some of the most memorable moments of the war in Libya.

“He carried his son – the same way he had many times before – crossing the hall to the front door, where he crumbled.”

What can we learn from the failures and successes of revolutions in the Arab world over the last 10 years?

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