Why do we say "the Arab Spring"?

Submitted by activa (France), Jun 20, 2011 at 13:15

You are right Mister Pipes !
I have read an article about the source of this idomatic expression "arab spring".

This name come from a nazi french book...

http://kabylemag.com/2011/06/15/pourquoi-dit-on-le-printemps-arabe/

The publication is in french, but google translation give a good text about the idea.

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