Arab World Still in Turmoil With Hopes for Freedom

Anti-government protesters chant slogans as they march with national flags during a demonstration in the central Iraqi holy shrine city of Karbala on Jan. 26, 2020. Mohammed Sawaf/AFP via Getty Images

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Since the “Arab Spring” began with protests in Tunisia at the end of 2010, there has been a ferment for change. So far, three dictators have been toppled—Hosni Mubarak and Mohamed Morsi in Egypt and Ben Ali in Tunisia—and have been replaced by interim governments (with a striking resemblance to the previous ones).