SOURCE: ALJAZEERA Ten years ago, protests swept across Arab nations that changed the course of history. On January 14, 2011, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali stepped down after weeks of protests, ending his 24-year rule. What began as a protest by Mohamed Bouazizi – a fruit vendor who set himself on fire – … Continued
SOURCE: NPR BY: RUTH SHERLOCK Nine years ago this month, residents of the small Syrian town of Douma were in full rebellion against the regime of President Bashar Assad. Throughout the preceding year, Assad had watched as popular protests ousted dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, and demonstrations spread to Bahrain, Algeria, Yemen. Now pro-democracy … Continued
Exclusive: Guardian-YouGov poll suggests majority in nine countries across the Arab world feel inequality has increased SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: Michael Safi in Tunis A majority in nine countries across the Arab world feel they are living in significantly more unequal societies today than before the Arab spring, an era of uprisings, civil wars and … Continued
SOURCE: FOREIGN POLICY BY: OZ KATERJI The Arab world is trapped in a state of permanent revolution On Dec. 17, 2010, the world was changed forever by the actions of one man. A Tunisian fruit seller named Mohamed Bouazizi doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire outside the provincial headquarters of Sidi Bouzid … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: FREDERIC WEHREY On a recent visit to Libya, I met a family living in an improvised shelter in a displaced persons camp east of Tripoli. One of the tens of thousands of Libyan families uprooted by war, the family of seven was living in a room barely 20 paces … Continued
SOURCE: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT. ORG BY: MARWAN MUASHER Nearly a decade after the Arab Spring fizzled, a new wave of protest has swept over the Middle East and North Africa. What is different this time, and will the protesters get what they want? Nearly a decade after the Arab Spring fizzled, a new wave of protest … Continued
SOURCE: BBC BY: JEREMY BOWEN As the last of the Middle Eastern summer fades away, is the region slipping into a new Arab spring? In Iraq, demonstrators are being shot dead in the streets. In Lebanon, protesters have paralysed the country and seem set to bring down the government of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri. In … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATION BY: TESBIH HABBAL AND MUZNA HASNAWI Protesters are back on the streets across the Arab and Muslim world, in Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Algeria, and Sudan, crying out the famous slogan of the Arab Spring: “Al-shab yurid isqat al- nizam!” (The people want the fall of the regime!) The protesters who have taken … Continued
SOURCE: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BY: ERIN BLAKEMORE Beginning in December 2010, anti-government protests rocked Tunisia. By early 2011 they had spread into what became known as the Arab Spring—a wave of protests, uprisings, and unrest that spread across Arabic-speaking countries in North Africa and the Middle East. Pro-democratic protests, which spread rapidly due to social media, ended … Continued
SOURCE: FORBES BY: E. HACHEMI ALIOUCHE On December 17, 2010, after having his produce confiscated by the police, Mohamed Bouazizi, a 25-year old Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire, causing his death, and unleashing massive street riots that quickly spread first across Tunisia, and then to several other North African and Middle Eastern countries. … Continued
The outlook is bleak for key countries including Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: EMMA GRAHAM-HARRISON Just over eight years ago, Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in a bitter one-man protest outside a government office against the government. Within hours, demonstrators took to the streets of his small … Continued
SOURCE: BROOKINGS.EDU BY: ELENA IANCHOVICHINA To the Lebanese-American author Nassim Taleb almost all major discoveries and historical events are “black swans.” These very rare, extremely impactful events initially come as a surprise, but once they occur, they are often inappropriately rationalized with the benefit of hindsight. For Taleb, historical events such as World War I … Continued
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