The Arab Spring in Egypt

The Muslim Brotherhood played a major role in the January revolution and has boldly condemned the SCAF’s actions. The US, who has previously opposed the Muslim Brotherhood, has now tried to develop a friendship with the organization in anticipation of its power over Egypt.

One of my main reasons why I am against the coup is that president Morsi was placed under arrest for killing his own people which is something I find hard to believe. Why would Morsi kill his own people after the Mubarak dictatorship? After all Morsi was elected by the people of Egypt and he is the people’s

Moreover, on February 15, 2011, Libyans began the demand for legitimate democracy by initially using pacifist nonviolent protests. After witnessing the fate of Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak, Gaddafi would not tolerate the demonstrations, and quickly retaliated against the nonviolent protestors and civilians. According to Jon Western, “During the last week of February and the first two weeks of March, Gaddafi’s forces used fixed-wing aircraft, attack helicopters, and heavy artillery to strike rebel force positions as well as civilian neighborhoods known to be loyal to rebel forces.” (Western, 2011:356) As well, Gaddafi’s regime has been accused of implementing sexual violence including rape and torture against women, implementing religious violence toward non Sunni-Islam civilians, and implementing

In France in the late 18th century information was spread by the use of public spheres, books, newspapers, coffee houses, and salons. In France there was a realm of common discourse and every person was expected to have an opinion on the issues of the day. The ideas of the France Revolution were spread through public realm. When people see that one nation is having success protesting with nonviolent acts on the television, people inother countries are more inclined to walk the streets asking for changes. During the French Revolution, once the proletariats found out the lifestyle of the nobles and they could not afford to buy basic necessities through the public sphere, a revolution occurred. Once people realized the extravagance the nobles lived through, people got angry. During the Arab spring, social media changed everything. Due to technology, leaders would find it nearly impossible to fire against protesters because CNN would be covering it on live TV.2 When the Arab leaders choose to fire there was a lot of criticism. Nothing could stay secret for very long due to the invention of the internet. Information was given instantly and it was difficult to deny the abuses on the people there. It was much more staggering to watch a video of someone being beheaded for a crime than to read about it in a pamphlet. People began to realize there was a better world out there and they started to rebel. The poor helpless commoners in France and Arab nations had nothing to lose and everything to gain through a

Doctor Hosam says: “It was a cumulative series of injustice over 30 years and more ending by monopolizing the senate house elections. Egyptian people were treated badly and corruption was disseminating to

The government had undergone a shift after Mubarak’s removal from power, and the book illuminates the unthinkable changes

There has been a rebellion going on for years now. This rebellion included people that broke the laws. My information will be coming from the passages “Cairo: My City, Our Revolution”, “Lolita in Tehran”, and “Persepolis”

The Arab spring has generated much controversy as a result of demonstrating that countries that were apparently peaceful were actually determined to remove their governments and install a new ideology that would be compassionate with regard to its people. Some nations actually went as far as to put oppressors down and to bring reform throughout their countries. However, it rapidly became clear that peace was far away when considering that new leaders were unable to satisfy people's needs and that the masses wanted to be provided with more power.

The military were able to take over Tahrir Square, which was a place of pride and dignity that some would say “where a tent and a blanket can solve all problems” and the control of the media, which covered up most of the brutal crimes done by the government. Soon the two religion groups began to set their selves apart from one another, after it was confirmed that the Muslim Brotherhood made an agreement with the government to terminate their actions in the revolution if given a spot in the next parliament election. I believe this action was cold hearted and dishonorable that they view themselves as Muslims other than Egyptians. The revolutionaries continue to fight for a great leader and a new constitution against the government and their thugs without the help of the

It is ironic that this statement was said by a policeman, during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, because the police were violent agents of the Mubarak regime suppressing the protests. However, all people suffered under the autocratic leadership of Mubarak. The fact is everybody was afraid of speaking out because of the consequences. The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 began as a result of economical, political, and social injustices due to a corrupt and autocratic rule, which led to multiple days of protests and ultimately caused the government to

Under that ‘state of emergency’, the government has the right to imprison individuals for any period of time, and for virtually no reason, thus keeping them in prisons without trials for any period. The political police may use intimidation, arbitrary arrest, torture and execution. It infiltrates other coercive agencies of the state, such as the regular police and the armed forces, to ensure their compliance. ” this state of emergency causing strong dissatisfaction of Egyptian, the citizens live under monitoring and political terror, human rights and political rights could not be gained.

A revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests (both violent and non-violent), riots, and civil wars in the Arab World that began on 18 December 2010, later gained the heading “The Arab spring”. The Arab spring began by a twenty six year old boy named Mohammed Bouazizi was getting ready to sell fruits and vegetables in a rural town of Sidi Bouzid Tunisia. Bouazizi was the primary supporter for his widowed mother and six of his siblings. The entire incident originated when the police officer asked bouazizi to hand over his wooden cart, he refused the police women allegedly slapped him after being publicly humiliated bouazizi marched in front of a government building and set himself on fire. The Jasmine revolution in Tunisia, the shock wave swept across the country which threatened the stability of this oil-rich region with repercussion felt internationally. After the world witnessed what happened in Tunisia, it caused a spilled over into most of the Arab countries. Such as Egypt, Libya Syria and Yemen. Aim of this paper is to show that the current situation corollary of decades of failed policies, exacerbated by an unsolicited foreign intervention. The extensive consequences, I will argue, require cautious attention and careful management from international communities as well as the Arab human rights committee. This paper seeks to explore the profound causes that prompted the so called “Arab awakening” and the covert hidden agenda behind the sudden pro democratic

In late 2010, a tidal wave of uprisings and protests in various parts of the Arab world emerged. It began with the Tunisian revolution when the martyr Mahmoud Bouazizi set fire to himself as a result of the deteriorating economic and social. This led to protests and demonstrations that ended with the fall of the ruling regime. In Tunisia which sparked the beginning of revolutions in many Arab countries, this is known as an Arab Spring. The question remains what are the real reasons that led to the Arab Spring and its effects? the causes of the Arabic spring May be varied, depending on the places, however the reasons can be a corruption in economic policies and demand social justice as the key motives and protests in the Arab world. This essay will discuss the most important reasons, and the effects of what is known as the Arab Spring.

In late 2010, a Tunisian named Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest against the poor economic situation in which he was living (CNN, 2011). Other Tunisians soon took the opportunity to resist their government and possible overthrow the leadership of Ben Ali. They took it as their responsibility to fight for the common good. Simple demonstration against the Tunisian government soon went ahead to an extent that Ben Ali had to leave the country. The events that followed the departures of the Tunisian president were the least expected. The revolts in Tunisia spurred citizens of other Arab nations to revolt against their governments. By the end of the years 2011, the Arab spring had claimed the presidency of three long serving presidents and

“When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right” is a quote from Victor Hugo that symbolizes the new age of human rights. Over the years, countries around the world have witnessed terrifying yet life-changing revolutions, but no one in history had expected for such a quick and sudden revolution to begin like the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring has allowed people, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, to speak out for what they believe in today. Many laws have been overturned due to the amount of pressure the people are putting on their government. One revolution started it all, and ever since then, we have realized many of the biggest protests in history, the rise and downfalls of the economy, a different side to the