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Question 1 of 6What is the commentary's central argument? Question 2 of 6Which achievement of the platforms does the commentator acknowledge? Question 3 of 6What does "solidarity that costs nothing commits its holder to nothing" imply? Question 4 of 6What does "doesn't know what it wants after it has said what it doesn't want" suggest? Question 5 of 6Why does the commentator say authorities "learned the lesson faster than the protesters"? Question 6 of 6What does the closing image of the spark and firewood mean? Vocabularyوَسْمhashtag
يَتَصَدَّرُtops, leads
يَتَدَاوَلُهُcirculate it
يُطْوَىis folded away
احْتِكَار الرِّوَايَةmonopoly of the narrative
الْحُشُودcrowds
هَشَّةfragile
تَتَبَدَّدُdissipates
صَاخِبَةloud, noisy
بِنْيَةstructure
مُضَادَّةcounter-
لَجْنَة تَحْقِيقcommission of inquiry
حَطَبfirewood