Bathwyd y term "y Gaeaf Arabaidd" gan y gwyddonydd gwleidyddol Zhang Weiwei o Tsieina, mewn dadl gyda'r ysgolhaig Americanaidd Francis Fukuyama ym Mehefin 2011.[13][14]
↑Ahmed H Adam and Ashley D Robinson. Will the Arab Winter spring again in Sudan?. Al-Jazeera. 11 June 2016. [1] "The Arab Spring that swept across the Middle East and succeeded in overthrowing three dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya in 2011 was a pivotal point in the history of nations. Despite the subsequent descent into the "Arab Winter", the peaceful protests of young people were heroic..."
↑Zhang, Weiwei (2012). The China Wave: Rise of a Civilizational State. World Century Publishing Corporation. tt. 158. ISBN9781938134012. My observation of the Middle East has led me to conclude that, while many in the West cheer the Arab Spring, one shouldn’t be too optimistic. I hope the region will do well, but it will be difficult, and the Arab Spring today may well turn into an Arab Winter in a not-too-distant future with the American interest undermined.