As the "Arab Spring" protests for justice and democracy spread through the middle east in early 2011, people long repressed by the Bahrain monarchy spontaneously gathered at the central Pearl Square to join in the call for their rights.

"The story of the Arab revolution that was abandoned by the Arabs, forsaken by the West and forgotten by the world."

Credits

May Ying WelshDirector

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al SaudSelf (archive footage)

Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)