Since 2011 the Arab Awakening page on openDemocracy has tried to capture the emerging plurality in social views, political positions, economic approaches, social and national identities and frames of reference that the uprisings in the region have inspired - in an attempt to help read a rapidly changing world.
The mass protests that toppled longstanding Arab dictators in 2011 were a sensational moment whose repercussions continue to be felt and acted. A whole generation of people were active, inspired, disappointed, motivated, and continue to struggle for a better present and future. How will this generation meet the myriad socio-economic challenges they face on a daily basis across the region?
The Arab Awakening page was launched to answer some of these questions and to provide a platform for analysis, debate, and expression from and about an ever changing region.
