S2E4: What is the lega­cy of Egypt’s Arab Spring, 10 years on?

10 years ago anti-gov­ern­ment protests in Tunisia sparked a wave of spon­ta­neous upris­ings against author­i­tar­i­an regimes in the Mid­dle East and North Africa. The Arab Spring was met with repres­sion by gov­ern­ments in the region, but ulti­mate­ly led to the oust­ing of rulers such as Ben Ali in Tunisia, Muam­mar Gaddafi in Libya and Hos­ni Mubarak in Egypt. But the hope that these changes would ush­er a new era of democ­ra­cy in the region has been belied. Michael Wahid Han­na (Inter­na­tion­al Cri­sis Group) helps us under­stand the tur­bu­lent events of 2011 in Egypt, what changes they led to and why prospects for democ­ra­cy in the coun­try still appear bleak.