When Protest Diffusion Fails: Evidence from a Natural Experiment of Mahsa Amini Protests and Its Effect on the Arab Public Opinion

• In Event: Public Opinion in the Middle East

Brief Overview

The paper explores why the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, which sparked a nationwide protest in Iran, failed to diffuse in the neighboring Arab region. I bring evidence from an interrupted survey, Arab Opinion Index, in Libya and Mauritania.

Author

• Dain Yoo, Georgetown University