arab spring
British Spies Used a URL Shortener to Honeypot Arab Spring Dissidents
A shadowy GCHQ unit used several Twitter accounts to try to influence protests in Iran and across the region since 2009.
Bahrain's Government Is Trying to Shut Down Its Main Opposition Group
A Bahraini court ordered the suspension of the country's main opposition group al-Wefaq on Tuesday in what appeared to be an escalating campaign against dissent in the Western-allied Gulf Arab kingdom.
Canadian Detained for 642 Days in the UAE Has Been Acquitted, But Isn't Free Yet
Salim Alaradi was facing charges of supporting Libya’s national transition council after the Arab Spring. He and his three Libyan co-accused cheered and embraced in the courtroom upon hearing the news.
The ‘Egyptian Jon Stewart’ Takes Us Inside the Arab Spring and Its Aftermath
We met the famous surgeon-turned-satirist and subject of the new documentary Tickling Giants.
Survey Says Most Arab Youth Reject the Islamic State and Think It Will Fail
A news survey, based on 3,500 face-to-face interviews across the Arab World, charts young peoples' changing opinions on a broad array of issues, ranging from the Islamic State to the fallout from the Arab Spring.
Protesting Is Broken, Says One of the Founders of Occupy Wall Street
Micah White talks about the failure of the Occupy movement, how to hack elections, and why Trump is more revolutionary than Sanders.
Inside Twitter’s Command Center, Where the Threat Model Is Boy Band Tweets
In an exclusive interview with Motherboard, Twitter explains how its internal Command Center ensures heavy traffic and bugs don’t take down the site.
Powerful Photos of Five Years of Upheaval in the Middle East
We spoke to photographer Moises Saman about the work in his new book, 'Discordia'
Egypt Is Shutting Down the Group That Rehabilitated the People It Tortured
Egypt has shut down the Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and say it was operating outside its legal mandate — human rights say it was one of the few organizations that confronted the government over torture allegations.
Five Years On, Revolution Leaves Libya in the Grip of Civil War and the Islamic State
Muammar Qaddafi is gone and his sons are either dead or in prison, but Libya is still convulsing as rival governments vie for control of the oil-rich nation.
The US Journalists Held in Bahrain Have Been Released
A lawyer for the four American journalists detained in Bahrain said on Tuesday that they were on their way to the airport to leave the country.