Unrest in Iraq: Continuation of the Arab Spring or a New Political Reality?

... that over 30 per cent of the protesters were women. Third, unlike the unrest of the Arab Spring of 2011, the protests in Iraq do not have an Islamic component. Moreover... ... as an individual political force. Ali al-Sistani, the spiritual leader of Iraq’s Shiites, also expressed his support for some of the demands of the protesters and called... ... and al-Sadr will play a role in the future. It should be noted that there is an anti-Iran element to the protests. The Iranian leadership, in particular, the country’s...