Writing the Televised Revolution Facts: Visibility but no Insight in Reading the Arab Revolutions Facts

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  • Abdelwahab El Affendi

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https://doi.org/10.12816/0025453

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Arab Revolutions, Revolution Facts

Abstract

​Five years prior, the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies brought together a group of young activists whose dedication and courage gave ris eto what would become the Arab Spring. The group of activists, gathered again in Doha on January 15-16, 2016, appeared to have been completely changed by the intervening months. With the initial ecstasy of the fall of tyrants across the region now faded, the young revolutionary activists had matured ideologically and politically. It was a maturity born of suffering and setbacks, and revealed a realism towards the coming battle for freedom. One unchanging fact was their continued hope for freedom, and their belief in its possibility.

Author Biography

  • Abdelwahab El Affendi
    رئيس برنامج العلوم السياسية في معهد الدوحة للدراسات العليا.

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