Ash-shab yurid isqat an-nizam
Ash-shaʻb yurīd isqāṭ an-niẓām (Arabic: الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام, lit. 'the people want to topple the regime', pronounced [æʃˈʃaʕb juˈriːd ʔɪsˈqɑːtˤ ænniˈðˤɑːm]) is a political slogan associated with the Arab Spring. The slogan first emerged during the Tunisian Revolution. The chant echoed at Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis for weeks. The slogan also became used frequently during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. It was the most frequent slogan, both in graffiti and in chants in rallies, during the revolution in Egypt.
The chant was raised during the uprising in Bahrain. It was frequently used in protests across Yemen. The slogan was used in rallies across Libya at the beginning of the 2011 revolt. In March 2011, a group of youths under the age of 15 were arrested in Dera'a in southern Syria, after having sprayed ejak el door ya doctor graffiti, translating to "it is your turn doctor" (referring to the regime of Bashar al-Assad, who practiced ophthalmology). Their arrests sparked the uprising and subsequent civil war in Syria. The slogan was also used frequently in Sudan throughout the protests.
In Lebanon, the slogan has been used in protests against that country's sectarian political system. In the Lebanese protests, an-niẓām ("the regime") did not refer to the sectarian political order as such, but rather the government.