CMPL 237: Art of Revolution: Home

• The Arab Spring Continues: An Interactive Timeline (The New Arab, Dec. 17, 2020)
• Timeline: How the Arab Spring Unfolded (Al Jazeera, Jan. 14, 2021)
• How the Arab Spring Engulfed the Middle East - and Changed the World (The Guardian, Jan. 25, 2021)
• The unfinished business of the Arab Spring (The Washington Post, Jan. 24, 2021)

• Arab Spring: A Research & Study Guide - Cornell University Library
• Arab Spring - International and Area Studies Library, UIUC
• The Arab Uprisings - Middle East Studies Program, U of Wisc. Madison
• Middle East and North Africa: Arab Spring - George Washington Libraries
• #ARABSPRING - collaborative project by students enrolled in "Social Media and Social Movements", UC Berkeley

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• Look for lengthy articles -- long-form reporting -- that better capture the complexity of topics and events. One or two paragraphs is not sufficient. Take a look at this article from Slate as an example.

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