Pro-Democracy Protests Spread to Oman admin, March 7, 2011August 30, 2024 Foreign Policy In Focus/Insitute for Policy Studies March 7, 2011. Also in Eurasia Review and Huffington Post Oman’s autocratic monarchy has long been one of the closest U.S. allies in the Middle East. And, as with authoritarian U.S. allies in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, and Yemen, a largely nonviolent, pro-democracy struggle has arisen in Oman as well. Protests began in the capital of Muscat on February 19 but soon spread… Arab Spring 2011 FPIF Commentary Nonviolent Action Oman Protest and Resistance