Intifada

Intifada (انتفاضة intifāḍat) is an Arabic word for shaking off, though it is generally translated into English as rebellion. According to a 2007 article in the Washington Post, "the word "intifada" crystallized in its current Arabic meaning during the first Palestinian uprising in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It is a valid term for popular resistance to oppression, "

Intifada may refer to:

• March Intifada, a Leftist uprising against the British colonial presence in Bahrain in March 1965.
• Zemla Intifada against Spanish rule in Spanish Sahara, beginning in 1970.
• First Intifada, a Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule in 1987 to 1993.
• 1990s Intifada, an uprising in Bahrain demanding a return to democratic rule.
• 1991 uprisings in Iraq against Saddam Hussein.
• Cedar Revolution or Intifada of Independence, the events in Lebanon after Rafiq Hariri's 2005 assassination.
• Independence Intifada, demonstrations and riots in Morocco and Western Sahara beginning in May 2005.
• French Intifada, an occasional American term for riots in France in the fall of 2005.
• Second, or al-Aqsa Intifada, the violent Palestinian-Israeli conflict that began in September 2000.

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