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| - To mark the 10th anniversary of the Arab Spring, AFP is publishing a series of in-depth stories on the wave of popular uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa, which changed the political landscape. In this second part, we focus on the way in which the revolts spread -- at the speed of the internet, as the first smartphone revolution, and through striking songs that became iconic anthems sung in streets from Tunisia to Sudan capturing a revolutionary spirit that also triggered a new wave of protests last year. The first instalment of stories on November 23 examined the root causes of the Arab Spring as well as its legacy, from the unfulfilled dreams, chaos and war in some countries, to the iron-fisted dictators who fell. The stories are being moved over three weeks, on Mondays, accompanied by fresh and archive photos, graphics and video from some of the Arab Spring's most iconic datelines, including its birthplace in Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia. We are offering the following: + Arab Spring: the first smartphone revolution + The soundtrack of the Arab uprisings in 10 songs + How the Arab uprisings were weakened by online fakes + Spirit of revolt lives on in Syria's exiles + 'The Arab Spring did not die': A second wave of Mideast protests + Ten years on, Tunisia is Arab Spring's only success Arab-revolution-anniversary-media,SPECIAL REPORT NICOSIA Social media and smartphones briefly gave youthful Arab Spring protesters a technological edge that helped them topple ageing dictatorships a decade ago as their revolutionary spirit went viral. 1,600 words by Frank Zeller with Mideast bureaus. File picture. Video Arab-revolution-anniversary-music,FOCUS BEIRUT Few of the pro-democracy protesters who took the Middle East by storm a decade ago had a flag to raise or a leader to follow. But all of them had a song to sing. 1,800 words by Jean-Marc Mojon with AFP Middle East bureaus. Picture. File picture Arab-revolution-anniversary-misinformation,FOCUS TUNIS The Arab uprisings a decade ago were supercharged by online calls to join the protests -- but the internet was soon flooded with misinformation, weakening the region's cyber-activists. 650 words by Salsabil Chellali Arab-revolution-anniversary-Syria-exile,FOCUS PARIS They may be scarred, but nothing, not even torture, bombing or exile, could break them. As the Arab Spring revolts swept through the Middle East and North Africa region like a wildfire, thousands of young Syrians joined protests in March 2011 demanding change in a nation ruled by the family of President Bashar al-Assad since 1970. 1,500 words by Serene Assir. Pictures by Tolga Akmen, Jonathan Nackstrand, Tobias Schwarz Arab-revolution-anniversary-2019,ANALYSIS BEIRUT The Arab Spring uprisings are nearly a decade old and moribund but protests in four new countries last year revealed that the spirit of the revolts that lit up 2011 is still alive. 1,250 words by Hashem Osseiran with AFP bureaus. File picture. File video Also moving: Arab-revolution-anniversary,FACTS We have also previously moved: Arab-revolution-anniversary,SPECIAL REPORT Arab-revolution-anniversary-Syria-Assad,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Tunisia,FOCUS Arab-revolution-anniversary-Libya,INTERVIEW Arab-revolution-anniversary,CHRONO Afp
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