In the 2011 arab spring protests, social media networks played an important role in the rapid disintegration of at least two regimes, tunisia and egypt, while. The reasons and economic and political consequences of arab spring 43 egypt, where arab spring lasted longer, is one of the largest countries in africa with its advantages such as its location, tourism revenues and logistics moaddel, 2012. Ruth hanau santini writes on womens rights in tunisia, egypt and libya in the wake of the arab awakening. The roots and causes of the 2011 arab uprisings kamal eldin osman salih abstract. This seminal film tells the story of two women with opposing political views fighting for their different versions of a democratic future for tunisia, the country that sparked the arab spring. Egyptian military is not only in charge of the defence of the country but also. Later, similar rebellions followed in libya, bahrain, syria and yemen. A new cause of the arab spring is the increase in population, which. Arab spring inspired millions but it was shortlived. Nahid afrose kabir1 he arab spring was a civil uprising mainly of arab youths in tunisia and egypt. In egypt, protests and strikes began on january 25, 2011.
The egyptian revolution of 2011, also known as the january 25 revolution started on 25. A revolution in four seasons arab spring explained. Egyptian revolution, also known as arab spring or arab uprising, was a shock for international community because egypt has been seen as one of the strongest military state in north africa region. However, where relevant, we concentrate on the countries where that spring made most impact. Of the four major arab spring protests analyzedtunisia, egypt, libya, and bahrain. Zulkuf aydin sep 2015, 108 pages arab spring is a political concept that spread widely in the media and academic art publications. Toward better analysis of new media and the arab spring. Egypt marks seventh anniversary of arab spring uprising. Bahrain, egypt, jordan, libya, morocco, syria, tunisia and. Nahid afrose kabir 1 he arab spring was a civil uprising mainly of arab youths in tunisia and egypt which commenced in december 2010 and january 2011 respectively.
The reasons and economic and political consequences of. And their night will then begin to fade, and their chains break and fall. Its causes and consequences 3 arab countries barany, 2011. The arab spring refers to a period of protests beginning on december 18, 2010 in tunisia, which quickly spread to numerous other arab nations and resulted in regime change in tunisia, libya, egypt, and yemen, and repression andor violence in syria, bahrain, sudan, and elsewhere. Arab spring leaves egypt in an economic slump following the revolution that ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak earlier this year, the countrys economy is sagging. The arab spring was a series of prodemocracy uprisings that. After female activists played a prominent role in actions leading to the recent. Spring, egypt, women and the arab spring, agents of change and the.
At the eve of the arab spring, one out of four egyptians and tunisians young was out of employment. Egypt has witnessed the overthrow of two presidents since the start of the arab spring. One difference lies in the character of the islamist groupings that won the first free. Eighteen days of mass protests forced hosni mubarak to. Intended to manage the economic fallout, the policies of. The arab spring in egypt religious literacy project. In egypt, the military junta, which called itself the supreme council of the armed forces, assumed power and tried to maintain control of the country as long as. Egyptians overthrew the regime of president mubarak. Egyptian revolution, it is worth elaborating on the economic, social, and political. Thi s researc h articl e attempts to scrutinize the nature and cause s of the ara b uprising s which too k people by surpris e globall y throughou t 2011 and int o 2012. Assessment of the electoral framework in the arab republic of egypt pdf. How the turbulence of the arab spring revolution has led the country to economic ruin.
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