From Egypt to Libya, a generation has been traumatised, but still, they swim against the tide of repression.
![A protester leads a chant during an anti-government protest in Tahrir Square on January 31, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt [Chris Hondros/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/108635201.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Ahmed Gatnash is a founder of Kawaakibi Foundation, an NGO working on human rights, freedom, and political reform in the MENA region. He hosts the Ara...b Tyrant Manual Podcast, on how authoritarians behave and why, and is co-authored of the upcoming book The Middle East Crisis Factory (Hurst, 2021).
From Egypt to Libya, a generation has been traumatised, but still, they swim against the tide of repression.
![A protester leads a chant during an anti-government protest in Tahrir Square on January 31, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt [Chris Hondros/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/108635201.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)