intifada

Intifada (انتفاضة intifāḍah) is an Arabic word which literally means "shake" or "shaking", though it is popularly translated into English as "uprising", "resistance", or "rebellion". An Intifada involves a large number of people, hence the word "shaking". It is often used as a term for popular resistance to oppression.

Intifada may be used to refer to these events:

October Revolution, a series of strikes, riots, and demonstrations in Sudan, that ended with the dissolution of the Abbud military regime and the beginning of second civilian rule in 1964
March Intifada, a leftist uprising against the British colonial presence in Bahrain in March 1965
Zemla Intifada, against Spanish colonial rule in then Spanish Sahara, in June 1970
First Intifada, a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation lasting from December 1987 to 1993
1990s uprising in Bahrain, an uprising demanding a return to democratic rule, also known as the 1990s Intifada
1991 uprisings in Iraq against Saddam Hussein
First Sahrawi Intifada, protests by Sahrawi acitvists in the Western Sahara, south of Morocco
Second Intifada, a period of intensified Israeli-Palestinian violence, which began in late September 2000 and ended around 2005
Cedar Revolution or "Intifada of Independence", the events in Lebanon after Rafic Hariri's 2005 assassination
Independence Intifada (Western Sahara) or Second Sahrawi Intifada, demonstrations and riots in Western Sahara, south of Morocco, beginning in May 2005
Arab Spring, a revolutionary wave which began on 18 December 2010 in Tunisia
Tunisian Revolution, often named the Tunisian Intifada
Yemeni Revolution, often named the Yemeni Intifada
Egyptian Revolution of 2011, often named Egyptian Intifada
Protests in Sudan (2011–13), often named Sudanese Intifada
Silent Intifada, a series of violent acts and attacks in Jerusalem in 2014 sometimes referred to as the Third Intifada

See also

The Electronic Intifada, an online publication which covers the Israeli–Palestinian conflict from a Palestinian perspective
"The French Intifada: how the Arab banlieues are fighting the French state" book by Andrew Hussey