Question

Which event sparked the protest movement known as the Arab spring

Answer 1

The Arab spring began after a Tunisian man, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire to protest not being allowed to sell fruit.

Answer 2

The Arab Spring, also known as Arab revolutions of 2010-2013, marked a revolutionary series of popular violent as well as non-violent riots, coups, foreign interventions, demonstrations, protests and civil wars in North Africa and the Middle East that initiated on 18 December 2010 in Tunisia with the Tunisian Revolution.

On December 17, 2010 in the City of Tunis, a street vendor, called Mohamed Bouazizi, killed himself as a way of protest because the police stripped him of his merchandise and savings accounts.