Middle East and North Africa: Arab Spring & Refugees

Human development is about expanding the richness of human life rather than simply the richness of the economy.

Social media archive focusing on Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, and South Sudan between 2011 and 2014.

"Tahrir Documents is an ongoing effort to archive and translate activist papers from the 2011 Egyptian uprising and its aftermath. Materials are collected from demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and published in complete English translation alongside scans of the original documents. The project is not affiliated with any political organization, Egyptian or otherwise."

Who's In, Who's Out And Who's Barely Hanging On. Business Insider, Inc. May, 2011.

Definition and History.

Al-Jazeera, Timeline: How the Arab Spring unfolded.

Background information by country.

An update on the project ‘In 2016—How it felt to live in the Arab World five years after the “Arab Spring.”

Foreign Policy Exclusive.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Review of African Political Economy.

Arab Spring gives way to elections in some countries, torture in others (The Washington Post, Dec. 2011).

In its Summer 2011 issue, Arab World Geographer published a collection of articles on the "Arab Spring".

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In its May/June 2011 issue, Foreign Affairs published a collection of articles gathered under the title “The New Arab Revolt”.

Research Report from Governance and Social Development Resource Center

Policy brief published by European Council on Foreign Relations.

The state of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa.

Independent study project (ISP) collection.

Foreign Policy.

An in-depth British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) report providing ongoing coverage of the Arab Spring

The Guardian offers an interactive timeline that spans from December 12, 2010 - December 17, 2011.

The Economist's (an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication) coverage of the Arab Spring.

Huffington Post (an online news aggregator and blog) coverage of the Arab Spring.

A special series from National Public Radio (NPR) on the Arab Spring.

Exploring the interactions among public opinion, governance, and the public sphere, published by the World Bank Group.

Report on the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the Arab Spring. Includes special reports on Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, and other topics.

Arabic News by country (in Arabic and English).

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BBC- 'The Arab Spring.'

Arab Spring Tetris shows how multiple moving parts need to line up in order to wipe away the dictators of years past. (http://blog.foreignpolicy.com)

Oxford Islamic Studies Online.

Looking at the Revolutions in the Arab World Through the Lens of Arabic Hip Hop.

Social Capital Blog.

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FIDH report: takes a country-by-country look at the role played by women
in the uprisings.

Foreign Policy Journal, June 2011.

Posted By Chris Ulack. Foreign Policy Magazine, Thursday, June 23, 2011.

Brookings Institution, 2013.

A paper providing a statistical assessment of migration before and after the uprisings in the Southern Mediterranean. Migration Policy Center.

"The Syrian Refugees in Lebanon April 2011-April 2012," Center for Migration and Refugee Studies. The American University in Cairo.

Collected by the American University in Cairo and provides access websites, blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, YouTube channels and others.

The collection consists of websites documenting the revolution in Tunisia in 2011.

This collection documents the events in MENA region starting in January 2011. Content includes blogs, social media and news sites about Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Sudan and other countries.

A digital archive documenting the 25 January 2011 uprising and its aftermath through the prism of popular culture.

An Archive of Social Media Collections for
Researchers, Activists, and Artists
with a focus on the Middle East.