Arab Winter

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Arab Winter

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Etymology

Coined by Daniel Byman in The Washington Post in December 2011, in reference to the Arab Spring.

Proper noun

Arab Winter

1. The antidemocratic aftermath of the Arab Spring, involving more authoritarian governments and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

   Coordinate term: Arab Spring

   • 2018 November 3, Hassan Hassan, “The Arab Winter Is Coming”, in The Atlantic‎:

     The Arab Winter Is Coming [title]

   • 2020 May 12, Noah Feldman, “‘The Arab Winter,’ by Noah Feldman: An Excerpt”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The second argument of the book is that Arab nationalism looks very different during today’s Arab winter than it did before the Arab spring.

See also

• Winter of Discontent