In $2011-2012,$ there were wide$-$spread protests across many countries in the MENA region, particularly in countries where a single leader had been in power for decades. This awakening of the spirit of young people to speak up against what they saw as oppressive dictatorships is known as the "Arab Spring". What were the results of the Arab Spring?

Group of answer choices

Some socially conservative laws have been changed to allow more freedoms in countries where leaders have tried to accommodate the new$-$found voice of citizens.

All of these.

Several leaders were ousted from power and some civil wars have continued as autocrats hold onto power.

Immediate surge in fuel prices due to the new instability in the region and long$-$term slowing of economic growth in the area.