Arab Winter
English
Etymology
Coined by Daniel Byman in The Washington Post in December 2011, in reference to the Arab Spring.
Proper noun
Arab Winter
- 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 0362-4331:
- 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