The illustrated Arab Spring

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Jan 13, 2011: Anger in Tunisia: President Ben Ali addresses protestors Chappatte

Jan 18, 2011: A caretaker government takes over in Tunisia Chappatte

Jan 30, 2011: Egyptian president Mubarak doesn't like what he sees. Chappatte

Feb 2, 2011: The fall of dictators: Assad of Syria and Gaddafi of Libya are next in line. Chappatte

March 3, 2011: The Arab spring Chappatte

March 8, 2011: Should we intervene in Libya? Chappatte

March 19, 2011: The anti-Gaddafi coalition Chappatte

April 14, 2011: Mubarak arrested Chappatte

May 18, 2011: A lawyer tries to call Gaddafi to account Chappatte

Oct 23, 2011: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at one time cultivated a friendship with Gaddafi. Chappatte

Oct 25, 2011: Islamist parties did well in the Tunisian elections. Chappatte

Nov 11, 2011: Syria is suspended by the Arab League. Chappatte

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Cartoonist Patrick Chappatte's view of the changing Arab world.

Chappatte has wryly summarised events of the Arab Spring since they began hitting the headlines last year. These drawings appeared in the International Herald Tribune, in the Geneva daily Le Temps and in the Sunday edition of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.