WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The term Arab Spring is an allusion to the Revolutions of 1848, which are sometimes referred to as the “Springtime of Nations", and the Prague Spring in 1968, in which a Czech student, Jan Palach, set himself on fire as Mohamed Bouazizi did.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in early 2010s. Because most of these uprisings were in the spring of 2011, the name ‘Arab Spring’ was coined.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arab Spring, wave of pro-democracy protests and uprisings that took place in the Middle East and North Africa beginning in 2010 and 2011, challenging some of the region’s entrenched authoritarian regimes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Tunisian Revolution (also called the Jasmine Revolution and Tunisian Revolution of Dignity) was an intensive 28-day campaign of civil resistance. It included a series of street demonstrations which took place in Tunisia, and led to the ousting of longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011.