This Keynote Speech by Akram Belkaïd is part of the symposium "From Sidi Bouzid to Tahrir: Two steps forward, one step back? A critical review five years after the North African revolts" organized by AfricAvenir on April 7th, 2016 in Berlin. It highlights lessons and perspectives of an ongoing transition in the Arab World.nnAkram Belkaïd is a journalist and essayist. He works for Le Monde Diplomatique, OrientXXI, Afrique Magazine and Le Quotidien d’Oran. Belkaïd is a specialist of the Arab world as well as energy questions.nThis video is part of the project "Our number is our strength" which AfricAvenir is implementing since 2015 in cooperation with the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and Volksbühne Berlin and with kind support of Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, Brot für die Welt, Stiftung Umverteilen, Landesstelle für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit.n