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On 'Arab Awakening'

What's in a name? A critical look at our choice of page title some years after the so called Arab Spring.

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Algerian women fighters in the war of independence. Image: Wikimedia commons. Public Domain.

Following the amazing upheavals in much of the Arab world that came to be known as Arab Spring, openDemocracy created a new section under the title “Arab Awakening”.

I have had misgivings about this title since an article I had written on Israel’s dual policies towards West Bank and Gaza appeared in this section. I continue to have problems digesting this title and what it implies.