Current Arab Spring: A Wave of Democratic Revolution in the Arab World
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عنوان ژورنال: Pakistan Social Sciences Review
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2664-0422,2664-0430
DOI: 10.35484/pssr.2018(2-i)03