Author: Marwan Muasher

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A student protester holds up a placard outside the Lebanese Ministry of Education in Beirut on 7 November 2019 (photo: picture-alliance/AP Photo/H. Malla)

Mass protests in Sudan, Algeria, Lebanon and Iraq

Is this the Arab Spring 2.0?

Nearly a decade after the Arab Spring fizzled out, a new wave of protests has swept across the Middle East and North Africa. What is different this time – and will the protesters get what they want? By Marwan MuasherMore

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Arab Spring protesters

Arab Spring five years on

Brave new world?

While the West focuses on IS or Iran′s destructive role in the Middle East, most Arabs are simply trying to improve their lives. What they lack is the reassurance of good governance. By Marwan MuasherMore

Five years of Arab Spring: The butterfly effectThe Egyptian Revolution five years on: Ghosts of the uprising Political rule before and after the ″Arabellion″: Internal colonialism and counter-revolution

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Flocks return to the lowland plains at the onset of winter: in recent years, very hard winters in the upper reaches of the Kashmir valley have led to thousands of pashmina goats perishing

The weavers of Kashmir

Already reeling from a couple of blistering winters, the weavers of Kashmir face a bleak future. With few prospects to tempt the young and the collapse of the 2020 tourism season, the days could be numbered for this time-honoured craft. By Sugato Mukherjee