The “Arab Spring” is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests taking place across the Middle East and North Africa that began on Saturday 18 December 2010.

To date, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Civil uprisings have erupted and continue to this day in Bahrain and Syria. Major protests have broken out in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco & Oman and minor protests have occurred in Lebanon, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Western Sahara.

The protests have shared techniques, mainly of civil resistance, in sustained campaigns involving strikes, demonstrations, marches and rallies, as well as the use of social media to organise, communicate and raise awareness in the face of state attempts at repression and internet censorship.

Photographers Ivor Prickett and Guy Martin documented these events from January 2011.

Side Gallery event:
Saturday 28 April, 2pm, Guy Martin and Ivor Prickett will be at Side Gallery to talk about their work.
Free.
All welcome.