The Arab Spring as a Period in the History of the North Arab Peoples
The Arab spring is a period in the history of the north Arab nations that the Arab citizens decided to revolt against the governments that were in power at that time. The Arab spring kicked off in the year 2010 in Tunisia. As much as the Arab spring started in Tunisia, its effects spread all the way to the rest of the Arab nations such as Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, and Kuwait. I fact, the effects of the Arab spring…...
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The Arab Spring and Its Negative Effects on Egypt
The term "Arab Spring" means a lot of different things to different people. In a dictionary definition meaning, it refers to a "... wave of pro-democracy protests and uprisings that took place in the Middle East and North Africa beginning in 2010 and 2011, challenging some of the region's entrenched authoritarian regimes"(Britannica). It all started when a street vendor in Tunisia set himself on fire in front of a municipal building to protest his work conditions. This act of protest…...
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The Conflict in Syria as a Result of the Uprisings of the Arab Spring
"The conflict in Syria began as an off shoot of the March 2011 Arab Spring uprisings". Specifically, it was all said to have started, when a group of young Arabic youth in the southern city of Deraa (located in Syria) began, spray painting "anti-government" graffiti on school walls and other various public/governmental buildings. As a result of the group's outrageous behavior, the Syrian governments wasted no time in making an example of these students, torturing many of them while they…...
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Changes in the Muslim World Caused by the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring that began in Tunisia in 2010 has brought about unprecedented changes to the Muslim world. Within the past several years, the revolution is responsible for numerous political reforms in Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen, but it has also prompted several bloody wars, most notably the Syrian Civil War. Complicating the situation are violent nonstate actors like alQaeda and ISIS, both of whom are thriving among the hostility, and strongheaded dictatorships like that of Bashar alAssad's. All…...
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The Negative Effects of the Arab Spring Crisis in the Middle East
It is now almost half a decade since Tarek al-Tayeb Mohammed Bouazizi, a petty street fruit vendor, set himself on fire after being humiliated by local police. That one single act by the vendor opened up doors to what would become one of the most memorable uprisings in the Arab world. This uprisings famously known as the Arab spring, a phrase coined by an American academic, and the effects that it had on Tunisia are the basis of this paper.…...
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