An anti-government protester is carried on shoulders in Tahrir Square within the afternoon earlier than a speech by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square February 10, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.

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An anti-government protester is carried on shoulders in Tahrir Square within the afternoon earlier than a speech by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square February 10, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.

Chris Hondros/Getty Images

In 2011, the world was shaken by the Arab Spring, a wave of “pro-democracy” protests that unfold all through the Middle East and North Africa. The results of the uprisings reverberated all over the world as regimes fell in some international locations, and civil battle started in others. This week, we revisit the years main as much as the Arab Spring and its lasting influence on three individuals who lived by way of it.

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