Nathan Hale High School Library's List: 9th_CBA_Lockery

Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakul Karman said on Friday her award was a victory for Yemen and all Arab Spring revolutions and a message that the era of Arab dictatorships was over.

Libya's unfinished revolution, as inspiring as it is unsettling, illustrates how perilous that change has become as it unfolds in this phase of the Arab Spring.

A helpful print resource with an overview of the protests. Allows access to further resources including: "Six turning points: spreading revolution"; a slide show of photos from the protests; etc.

Includes time line of events

While media attention focused on the killing of Osama bin Laden, the "Arab spring" - and violent government responses - continued. An airstrike killed the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. In Syria, the government hopes to put down protests with door-to-door searches and arrests.

The leaders of Bahrain, Libya, Syria and Yemen are facing challenges to their authority from within -- from flash protests in Bahrain to a large-scale rebellion in Libya -- and their governments are cracking down on the opposition in different ways.

Parts of the Middle East and North Africa were historically considered the Fertile Crescent, but this region of abundance is now in decline, and some analysts say it's no coincidence that there is unrest growing in its place.