<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Arab Spring, (Arabic: الربيع العربي ‎ ‎ ar - Rabīʻ al - ʻArabī) also referred to as Arab revolutions (Arabic: الثورات العربية ‎ ‎ aṯ -' awrāt al - ʻarabiyyah), was a revolutionary wave of both violent and non-violent demonstrations, protests, riots, coups and civil wars in North Africa and the Middle East that began on 17 December 2010 in Tunisia with the Tunisian Revolution . </P> <P> The Tunisian Revolution effect spread strongly to five other countries: Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Syria and Bahrain, where either the regime was toppled or major uprisings and social violence occurred, including civil wars or insurgencies . Sustained street demonstrations took place in Morocco, Iraq, Algeria, Iranian Khuzestan, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman and Sudan . Minor protests occurred in Djibouti, Mauritania, the Palestinian National Authority, Saudi Arabia, and the Moroccan - controlled Western Sahara . A major slogan of the demonstrators in the Arab world is ash - shaʻb yurīd isqāṭ an - niẓām ("the people want to bring down the regime"). </P>

In which country did an event occur that led to the 2011 arab spring