Welcome to the ARAB SPRING!
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Welcome to the ARAB SPRING!What is it, what do the people want,
and what is going on?
LEADER Tunisia -President Ben Ali
• President 1987-2011 23 years
Demands/Requests-–Tunisians were angry over high unemployment, food inflation, and government corruption–Muhammad Bouazizi set himself on fire (Martyr)
The PEOPLE Outcome in Tunisia
*First protests inspiring the Arab Spring
• President fled the country after 23 years
• International arrest warrant, charging him for money laundering and drug trafficking
• Sentenced to life imprisonment-Living in Saudi Arabia in exhile
LEADERPresident Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
• Provided stability for Egypt for 30 years
• Peace with Israel, no violent attacks on either side
• Stability for foreigners• Cracks down on religious
extremists and terrorists• Economic success• Re-elected by majority votes
The PEOPLE Egypt
• Ruled for with an iron fist for 30 years.• Under Mubarak…
– Police can arrest people without charge– Police torture and cruelty– Detain prisoners indefinitely– Security forces– Limited freedoms (speech/expression/assembly)– Corruption– Monopoly on power– No free and fair elections– Opposed to worker’s rights– No one can run against him in elections– Legalized censorship – Family wealth between $40-70 billion
• http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/01/25/world/middleeast/1248069586905/day-of-anger-in-egypt.html (Anger in Egypt 2:02)
OUTCOME in Egypt
• Mubarak is overthrown• Democratic Elections held- Member of the
Muslim Brotherhood Elected• New Leader overthrown and new elections
held
LEADERPresident Colonel Qaddafi of Libya
• Longest serving leader of Libya- 42 years and rules with an iron fist.
• provide stability to country• Brought popular democracy to Libya• Focused on education and Islamic
morals• Great Manmade River- largest
freshwater pipeline
The PEOPLE Libya
• Under his rule…– Garbage in streets– Poor infrastructure– High unemployment (30%)– Controls the media– Uses violence against the people– He and his family have accumulated over $60
billion – Killed Libyan dissidents abroad– Police crackdowns
Watch for OUTCOME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5dF1QnqnFc (ABC News on death 3:47)
The POWERAli Abdullah Saleh al-Hashidi of Yemen• Protested for him to resign after short
three years.• lacked of democratic reform• widespread corruption• human rights abuses were carried
out by him and his allies. • injured by a rocket attack on his
palace’s mosque during prayer.
The PEOPLEYemen
Under his presidency:• Government security forces are:
killing of civilians Using excessive force arbitrarily detaining citizenstorturing and ill treating citizens with things
like suffocation.• Checkpoints• Disruption of utilities such as gas and water. • Bombings of neighbors by military
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/09/19/world/middleeast/100000001062499/timescast-protesters-killed-in-yemen.html
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/01/27/world/middleeast/1248069592784/yemenis-demand-change-of-government.html (protests in Yemen 1:30)
The POWERBashar al-Assad of Syria
• Wants unity between government, state institutions and the people.
• Created a constitution that allows demonstrations
• Is open to any suggestions by the people• Believes in a strength of the Syrian
citizens and their all participation where they know their rights and their place.
The People Syria
• Military conducts military and policing operations• Attacks on peaceful protesters occurring at an alarming rate
(no one has been tried for these attacks)• Paying high taxes• Average person earns about $250.00 a month• High unemployment, many people actually travel to Lebanon
where they are treated extremely bad
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMtczLMjmaU (Syrian Conflict in 5 Minutes)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_hhpGSZi84 (interview with Charlie Rose 8:00)
Extra Syrian Videos• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_88DhYEAzU Overview 2:30• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOzA0z_c0rk • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yosvahug9E&feature=relmfu (crimes)• http://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/04_22_13/book#/12 Upfront Overview 2:34
• http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/syria-crisis-government-attacks-continue-15528025 (1:10)
• http://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/09_17_12/book#/16 2:08
• http://edition.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/world/2012/09/25/intv-syria-suffering-children.cnn Children in Syria 3:31
What about the PEOPLE?What do they want?
• Human rights• Democracy• Freedom from a dictator• Fair Economic Opportunities
The Situation in the Middle East• Tunisia- President Ben Ali ousted,
and government overthrown.
• Egypt- President Hosni Mubarak ousted, and government overthrown. Continued popular protest against military provisional government.
• Libya- Muammar Gaddafi killed after a civil war with foreign military intervention, and government overthrown.
• Yemen-President Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down after months of popular protests.
• Syria-Civil War
• Civil uprisings against the governments of Syria and Bahrain, despite government changes.
• Kuwait, Lebanon and Oman implementing government changes in response to protests.
• Morocco, Jordan implementing constitutional reforms in response to protests.
• Ongoing protests in Algeria, Iraq, and other countries.
Arab Spring• All these countries, all these
people wanted a change in their governments
• In the summer of 2011 the Arab Spring grew and protestors used facebook, twitter, social media to spread the word of change
• Millions took to the streets
• Violence occurred, but did it work???
• http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/year-revolutions-katie-couric-this-year-2011-special-middle-east-wall-street-protest-2020-15167202 (stop at 5:54)
The People Force Changes…Social Media is the Answer
• http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/15/7758131-how-rap-music-fueled-the-arab-spring-uprisings (rap and Arab Spring 8:07)
Arab Spring• http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/01/25/world/middleeast/1248069
586905/day-of-anger-in-egypt.html (Anger in Egypt 2:02)
• http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/15/7758131-how-rap-music-fueled-the-arab-spring-uprisings (rap and Arab Spring 8:07)
• http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/01/27/world/middleeast/1248069592784/yemenis-demand-change-of-government.html (protests in Yemen 1:30)
• http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7368428n&tag=mncol;lst;6 (2:41 current rages)
• http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-amber-lyon-talks-to-mediaite-about-being-detained-in-bahrain-and-the-digital-roots-of-the-arab-spring/ (6:30 facebook)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SgkyQp7MuQNews MUSIC 3:17
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43wezG6MeGM (Arabs Unite)