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The Role of Social Media During the Arab Spring

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Two hundred and fifty years after, this same cry against dictators still echoes across the world, mobilizing people to move forward in their attempt to implement change. And the Arab region is no exception.

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    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mohamed-Bouazizi.

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  1. Nasrallah Law Firm, Beirut, Lebanon

    Antoine Nasrallah

  2. Holy Spirit University of Kaslik - USEK, Jounieh, Lebanon

    Nada Sarkis

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  1. USEK Business School, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh, Lebanon

    Nehme Azoury

  2. Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Notre Dame University–Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

    Lindos Daou

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Nasrallah, A., Sarkis, N. (2020). The Role of Social Media During the Arab Spring. In: Azoury, N., Daou, L. (eds) Business and Social Media in the Middle East. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45960-4_7

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