028 - In the Mirror: What Went Wrong with the Arab Spring? - a podcast by Iyad El-Baghdadi & Ahmed Gatnash

At the Oslo Freedom Forum last year, 7 activists from the Arab region found ourselves in a room together. This is the discussion which followed - on identity, exile, activism, trauma and healing, whether the Arab Spring failed, and different visions of what the future holds.

It was nuanced and surprisingly self-critical, but there was no cynicism or defeatism in the room - just the maturity of taking the long term view, as we recalibrate for the future.

Mentioned in this episode:
Asma's OFF speech
https://oslofreedomforum.com/talks/what-happened-to-libyas-revolution

Wael Ghonim's OFF speech
https://oslofreedomforum.com/talks/the-future-of-egypt

Ahmed's blog on what the OFF means to us
https://www.patreon.com/posts/27117847

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