Algerian Hirak begins

Mass protests across Algeria began on 2019-02-22 against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term despite his 2013 stroke. The "Hirak" forced his resignation on 2019-04-02 but was subsequently suppressed by the military-backed establishment that survived him.

Referenced entities

Parties

National Liberation Front

Politicians

Abdelaziz Bouteflika head-of-state

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How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Algerian Hirak begins [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/8330fa28-9141-4770-b3ad-d9c6acd965f9

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Algerian Hirak begins." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/8330fa28-9141-4770-b3ad-d9c6acd965f9.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-8330fa28-9141-4770-b3ad-d9c6acd965f9,
  title     = {{Algerian Hirak begins}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/8330fa28-9141-4770-b3ad-d9c6acd965f9},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {Event date: 2019-02-22. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2019-02-22. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.