Items related to Arab Spring

Omani protesters hold signs that read in Arabic
Reuters 11 Jun 2012
MUSCAT, OMAN — Omani riot police on Monday detained some 30 activists during a peaceful protest near police...
A picture taken on November 30, 2000 shows Sheikh Rached al Ghannouchi during an interview in central London. Rached Ghannouchi, the exiled head of the main Tunisian Islamist party told AFP on January 15, 2011 he planned to return to his homeland following the overthrow of former strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
AFP 29 May 2012
  The head of Tunisia's ruling Islamist party, Rachid Ghannouchi, said on Tuesday that the Arab Spring...
Ola El-Saket 13 May 2012
A Bahraini doctor, a female Yemeni writer and an Egyptian football player were sitting on a stage last week to tell...
Laura Cugusi 11 May 2012
In his lecture performance at the Alexandria Contemporary Art Forum’s symposium “Times are changing, what...
Amany Aly Shawky 10 May 2012
It’s 8 pm and most Egyptian women are glued to their TV screens to see how Kerim will win Fatma’s heart....
Abdelaziz Belkhadem, head of Algeria's most powerful political party, the National Liberation Front, is back-dropped by a large national flag as he addresses supporters at a rally in Algiers, Sunday, 6 May 2012, on the final day of campaigning ahead of Algeria's elections. Algerians are gearing up for legislative elections on upcoming Thursday and the government is urging people to vote to avoid the low turnouts of past contests. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm)
AP 09 May 2012
ALGIERS, Algeria — In the gritty, working-class Algiers suburb of Harrache, activists sporting the green baseball...
King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, seated at front right, and Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, as they drink Arabic coffee on their arrival to the Saudi Shura 'consultative' council, to deliver a speech in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Reuters 05 May 2012
Saudi Arabia's top religious official has blamed Muslim sinfulness for instability in the Middle East, where pro-...
A group of tourists cross the Taba terminal, from the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula to Israel in 2009.
MENA 03 May 2012
Political unrest cost the Middle East 5 million and North Africa 2 million tourists in 2011, according to the United...
Reuters 21 Apr 2012
Dozens of armoured vehicles were deployed along the main highway to Bahrain's Formula One Grand Prix circuit on...
AFP 11 Apr 2012
Bahrainis wielding knives and sticks attacked Shia villagers overnight, witnesses said Wednesday, as pressure grew for...