This year marks the the 10th anniversary of the outburst of the so-called Arab Spring. According to popular media narrative, it has turned into a miserable failure. And who could deny it, looking at the shape that countries like Syria (civil war), Lybia (civil war), and Egypt (possibly the worst dictatorship on the face of the earth at this moment) are in? Allow me to add a little nuance to this grim verdict. Yes, from a political point of view, the Arab Spring has resulted in tragedy, but there's also a less known but certainly not less important mental and cultural spring which seems to persevere. The uprisings in countries like Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Iran and notably Sudan, largely ignored by western media, suggest that the collective apathy that had prevailed for decades in the Middle East, has definitely disappeared. 'People have woken up' is what you hear throughout the region, so the struggle may be long, but it's not over. Besides, arts and