The series of protests and demonstrations across the Middle East and North Africa has become known as the “Arab Spring”, and sometimes as the “Arab Spring and Winter”, “Arab Awakening” or “Arab Uprisings” even though not all the participants in the protests are Arab. 

The protests have shared techniques of civil resistance in sustained campaigns involving strikes, demonstrations, marches and rallies,

as well as the use of the internet, social media websites to organize, communicate, and raise awareness of their demonstration.

The Arab spring was sparked by the first protests that occurred in Tunisia on 18 December 2010 following Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation in protest of police corruption and ill treatment. With the success of the protests in Tunisia, a wave of unrest sparked by the Tunisian “Burning Man” struck Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, and Yemen, then spread to other countries.

The largest, most organised demonstrations have often occurred on a “day of rage”, usually Friday after noon prayers. The protests have also triggered similar unrest outside the region.

In January 2012 Another protest which defeated the SOPA bill mobolized More than 162 million people who saw the message asking if you could imagine a world without free knowledge on the wikipedia website. Millions of people have spoken in defense of a free and open Internet.

This information was taken from www.wikipedia.org