Arab Spring

A Year Ago Tunisia Won the Nobel Peace Prize. But the Country Is Far From Peaceful

By Lauren Bohn/Kasserine, Tunisia

Chronicling Five Years of Unrest Across the Arab World

By Olivier Laurent

What the Murder of an Italian Student Says About Egypt

By Jared Malsin/Cairo

Former War Correspondent Kelly McEvers: I Didn't Want to Come Home

By Kelly McEvers
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Syria's Tenuous Truce

Though the tenuous truce in Syria is holding, sparks of civil protest underscore the origins of the war—and the government's darker strategy

By Jared Malsin/Cairo

The Sentencing of a Toddler Shows How Out of Control Egypt Has Become

The three-year-old boy erroneously sentenced to jail is only the worst in a series of atrocities by Egypt's security officials

By Jared Malsin/Cairo

After The Spring

An Egyptian father searches for justice 
 five years after the Tahrir protests

By Jared Malsin/Cairo

Why I Missed My Daughter's First Words to Cover the Arab Spring

Reminded of a letter to her child, a mother reflects on what it was like to cover the Arab Spring, five years on

By Aryn Baker

These Are the Faces of Egypt’s Revolutionaries

As the fifth anniversary of the Tahrir Square uprising approaches

By Rachel Lowry

Egypt Curbs Dissidents 5 Years After Arab Spring

Human rights groups say the government has been rounding up dissidents in an effort to mute criticism before the fifth anniversary of Tahrir

By Jared Malsin/Cairo

Why the Pentagon Can't Work Like a Business

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Why the Arab Spring Has Not Led to Disaster in Tunisia

Tunisians are relieved their country has not gone down the route of Libya and Syria but believe there is much reform still to take place

By Jared Malsin/Cairo

Egyptian President Sisi Pardons Political Prisoners—Including Jailed Journalists

100 political prisoners were pardoned, but concerns over Egypt's crackdown on civil rights remain

By Jared Malsin

These 5 Facts Explain the Troubled U.S.-Arab Relationship

A summit in Camp David shows the growing gap between the U.S. and its Arab allies, thanks to changing oil politics and aging leaders

By Ian Bremmer

Photojournalist Moises Saman Receives Guggenheim Fellowship

Photojournalist wins prestigious fellowship

By Myles Little

Death of Egyptian Activist Blamed on Her Weight

Shaimaa al-Sabbagh was killed by police in January

By Sabrina Toppa

How the Arab Spring Exposed the Limits of American Power

Our policies must demonstrate renewed competence and coherence

By Ari Ratner / New America

Five Best Ideas of the Day: December 1

1. Though manufacturing jobs — particularly in the auto industry — are making a comeback, the wages are low and not even keeping up with inflation.By Catherine Ruckelshaus and Sarah Leberstein at the National Employment...

By The Aspen Institute

Joseph Sywenkyj Wins W. Eugene Smith Grant

American photographer Joseph Sywenkyj has won the the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his work documenting the lives of people affected by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.In February, the country saw...

By Richard Conway & Olivier Laurent

The Voice of a Generation

Joshua Wong and his fellow students have triggered a youthquake that’s shaking up Hong Kong

By Emily Rauhala / Hong Kong and Hannah Beech
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