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The beginning of 2011 saw a sudden and rapid spread of popular uprisings against the ruling powers across the Middle East. By and large, the protests swept many countries of the region, and very few remained completely untouched.
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Nosova, A. (2015). Kuwaiti Arab Spring? the Role of Transnational Factors in Kuwait’s Contentious Politics. In: Gerges, F.A. (eds) Contentious Politics in the Middle East. Middle East Today. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137530868_4
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