This paper presents Arab public attitudes towards the popular
revolutions which arose in 2011. The results, adapted from a series of Arab
public opinion surveys conducted in a number of countries over several years,
show that 34% of the Arab public view positively the Arab popular revolutions
and the accomplishments achieved by the revolutions (either “very positive” or
“positive to some extent”). This contrasts with 59% of the public which had
varyingly negative (either “negative to some extent” or “very negative”) views
of the Arab revolutions and the changes they brought. Only 7% of respondents
declined to offer an opinion. Notably, only 10% of respondents offered the view
that the revolutions and their outcomes were “very positive”, compared to 34%
who held that they were “very negative”.