Archives: Arab Spring

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Democracy spring: The rise of politically incorrect nomenclature (Part 2)

  Part 1 of this blog post discussed some of the issues concerning how social movements are named. Catchy titles such as Arab Spring, the Umbrella Revolution, and the Fishball Revolution are part of journalistic practices that grab readers’ attention. However, these names also frame a movement through the development of its name. These... More

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Arab Spring, fishballs, and umbrellas: The rise of politically incorrect nomenclature (part 1)

I remember when sitting in a fourth year seminar class here at Carleton, listening to students engaged in a discussion on contemporary issues that arose from the Arab Spring uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa/Maghreb (MENA). One thought I couldn’t keep out of my mind was: why is it called the “Arab... More

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