The Arab Spring: Tweets, Tears, and the Turning Tide
The Arab Spring: Tweets, Tears, and the Turning Tide
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In late 2010, a young street vendor in Tunisia
set himself on fire —
not for attention, but out of desperation.
His act ignited a revolution.
The Arab Spring swept across the Middle East and North Africa
like wildfire, fueled by anger, hope, and hashtags.
Tunisia rose first.
Then Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain.
Millions marched.
Dictators trembled.
Some fled, others fought.
Social media became a weapon.
Facebook organized protests.
Twitter broadcast them live.
YouTube documented courage — and crackdown.
I opened 온라인카지노 while reading a timeline of Egypt’s 2011 uprising.
So many moments — condensed into seconds online,
but stretching lifetimes in the streets.
In Cairo’s Tahrir Square,
Egyptians camped, sang, bled.
And in 18 days, Mubarak resigned.
But the joy was fragile.
What followed was not simple democracy —
but struggle.
In Libya, NATO-backed rebels toppled Gaddafi.
But chaos filled the vacuum.
In Syria, peaceful protests turned to civil war.
And that war became the world’s wound.
Not all revolutions bring resolution.
But all revolutions reveal what cannot be silenced.
Through 안전한카지노, I posted an image of a cracked mural in Damascus,
captioned: “Once a slogan. Still a prayer.”
The Arab Spring reminds us:
Voices can shake empires.
But to build a future —
you need more than hope.
You need endurance.