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Anti-government protesters wave Bahraini flags and gesture as they participate in a rally and march Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. Hasan Jamali/AP/Press Association Images
Arab Spring

Forum to reflect on Arab Spring on movement's first anniversary

The first anniversary of the Arab Spring movement that electrified the Middle East last year will be marked by a public forum in Dublin this Saturday.

>THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY of the Arab Spring movement that swept across the Middle East last year will be marked by a public forum in Dublin this Saturday.

The forum aims to reflect on the ramifications of the protest movement across several countries in the 12 months since a 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, sparking what has become known as the Arab Spring.

Since the beginning of the movement, the world has watched the fall of Tunisa’s dictator Zinedine Ben Ali, the Egyptian Revolution and ousting of Hosni Mubarak, the death of Muammar Gaddafi and revolts in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen that continue to this day.

Organised by the Islamic Foundation in Ireland, the Islamic Cultural Centre and the Irish Anti-War Movement, the forum will host several speakers including the founder and CEO of the Cordoba Foundation, Anas Al-Tikriti; Griffith College lecturer Dr Faheem Bukhatwa; Professor of Migration and Refugee Studies at the University of East Londo, Philip Manrfleet; Stop the War Coalition Steering Committee member Judith Orr; and TD for Dún Laoghaire Richard Boyd Barrett.

Speakers will reflect on the meaning of the movement for the people in the Middle East and the wider world, and also discuss events as wide ranging as the Indignados Movement in Spain, the resistance against austerity in Greece and the Occupy Movement in the US and many other places.

The free forum will take place from 4pm – 6pm, Saturday 28 January, Liberty Hall, Dublin.

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