Arab spring provoked, particularly the role of the media new and otherwise in empowering and even causing the uprisings. Meanwhile, egyptians rose in revolt as strikes across the country brought daily life to a halt and toppled the government. Pdf in the beginning of this decade, the world watched a series of events that took place in the arab world. This is a followup to an earlier internews study, political and media transitions in tunisia, which looked at media policy and regulatory environment in tunisia up to august 2011.
The deadline for the drafts of the 19 reports from the middle east and north africa was the end of january 2011 thus, exactly the point at which tunisia and egypt. Tunisian democracy at a crossroads brookings institution. The relevance of the arab spring for the middle east the tragic selfimmolation of mohamed bouazizi, a young fruit vendor, in december 2010 sparked a series of unprecedented demonstrations in. At the beginning of the decade, millions of arabs rose up against autocratic and corrupt regimes. New media and conflict after the arab spring united states. The 2007 national strategy for maintaining integrity and combating corruption had already provided for the setting up of a national anticorruption body. The reasons and economic and political consequences of. As the arab springs birthplace and its sole fledgling democracy, tunisia represents an encouraging yet incomplete victory against authoritarian rule and violent extremism.
Although the outcomes of the arab spring revolutions are yet to be determined, what we can gleam from these outbursts of collective behavior is that new media platforms played a significant role in the planning and. Pdf the arab spring and its implications on tunisias path to. Ict and social media had little to do with the underlying sociopolitical and socioeconomic factors behind the. The role of civil society in tunisias transition 7 introduction tunisias path to democratisation has moved in a two steps forward, one step back progression despite socioeconomic difficulties that would appear to reinforce conservative religious salafist criticisms of the ennahdhaled government. The response of the russian government to these events has, like. Tunisian revolutionarab spring research papers academia. The geopolitics of the region grc paper the arab spring has yet to give way to the hopedfor glorious summer, but for iran it has already turned into a winter of discontent. The prospects of political islam in a troubled region.
In december 2010, protests began against the autocratic government in the northern african country of tunisia. President ben ali flees tunisia in egypt demonstrators occupy cairos tahrir square. Later, similar rebellions followed in libya, bahrain, syria and yemen. Case studies of tunisia and egypt abdulsattar, tammam omer msc. The arab spring was a series of prodemocracy uprisings that enveloped several largely muslim countries, including tunisia, morocco, syria, libya, egypt and. The prospects of political islam in a troubled region islamists and post arab spring challenges contributed authors dr. Khamis and vaughn, cyberactivitism in the egyptian. Iran finds its revolutionary message diluted and overtaken by events. Gulf and eu migration policies after the arab uprisings. The events of arab spring were shocking for those who study societal movements as longterm dictators were swiftly removed from office and a democratic wave hit the region.
Building momentum womens empowerment in t unisia 7 abstract between 1990 and 2010 tunisia sustained major progress in relation to womens access to health and education services and the labour market. Zulkuf aydin sep 2015, 108 pages arab spring is a political concept that spread widely in the media and academic art publications. Beyond the arab spring 2 restricted competition models1 where winning is a means, political parties generally seek to win elections and assume executive power. In tunisia, rates were about % at the beginning of the unrest. The economic consequences of the arab spring by mohsin khan atlantic council rafik hariri center for the middle east the popular uprisings that swept the middle east in early 2011 dramatically altered the political landscape of the region with the overthrow of autocratic regimes in egypt, libya, tunisia, and yemen. We al jazeera tv follow a group of libyan exiles as they sacrifice everything to return home for the final assault on tripoli. Tunisian national constituent assembly elections october 23.
A timeline of events from syria and egypt to tunisia and yemen. Tunisia and the arab spring powerpoint, available in the carolina k12 database of k12 resources. Within this context, students will then learn about the arab spring through a powerpoint centered discussion, political cartoons, and a series of news articles. Egypt, libya, syria, and yemen quickly emulated tunisia s example, giving hope to the citizens of those countries that major political and economic transformations were underway. Triggers, dynamics and prospects stephan rosiny on 17 december 2010, the selfimmolation of tunisian vegetable vendor mohammed bouazizi sparked the arab spring. Beginning in december 2010, antigovernment protests rocked tunisia. The arab spring of discontent einternational relations. Tunisia has been a model of successful democratic transition in the arab world since its revolution in 2011, despite socioeconomic difficulties, with other arab spring countries sinking into chaos, r. The case of tunisia khadija arfaoui introduction this chapter aims at analyzing the expectations of tunisian women with the outbreak of the socalled arab spring and the unexpected events that came not only to counter them but. The endgame is a series of films exploring the fall of the gaddafi regime from the perspective of those who helped to bring it down al jazeera tv the long road to tripoli. Tunisia and the arab spring overview students begin this lesson by discussing the concept of freedom and the attributes of countries that embrace or deny freedom. Socioeconomic challenges and opportunities report summary by maria cristina paciello abstract the research focuses on three case studies algeria, egypt and tunisia and aims to. The tunisian revolution of 2011 marked the start of the arab spring.
It began in response to oppressive regimes and a low standard of living, starting with protests in tunisia noueihed, 2011. Ascendancy frustrated gulf research center 5 introduction. The russian government, like its counterparts in the west, the middle east, and elsewhere, was caught off guard by the outburst of arab uprisings beginning in january 2011 that swept away longruling authoritarian regimes in tunisia, egypt, libya, and it appears yemen, and have threatened to topple those in bahrain and syria. They also wanted more democracy, and end to corruption, and economic opportunity. Youth unemployment between 1829 ages, which served as the main reason for the revolution, was %30 in. Yemens arab spring wounded demonstrators carried away during antisaleh protests in sanaa, september 2011 photo hh as in other countries, the arab spring in yemen is a direct corollary of the growing economic and political crisis, with events in tunisia and egypt serving as a source of inspiration and catalysis.
It set the motion in the socalled arab spring and successfully demonstrated that social and political transformation. And of this already depressingly small subset of arab nations, only tunisia has achieved any semblance of the democracy for which people took to the streets in the first place. Youth frustration and the arab spring 3 mohammed bouazizi, the young street vendor who set himself ablaze in public in late 2010, did not intend to start a revolution in tunisia. Looking in depth at two states that have had significantly different outcomes from the uprisings tunisia and bahrain the article analyses the. Powerpoint accompaniment for carolina k12s lesson tunisia. It eventually led to a thorough democratisation of the country and to free and democratic elections.
Prior to the arab spring, there were only a few recent pieces of scholarship on civil military relations in the arab world, and they were clustered around four themes. Hundreds of thousands of tunisians took to the streets calling for an end to authoritarian rule. Demystifying the arab spring university of california. Arab spring used their powers vehemently to crush the demonstrators and consequently the peaceful protesters also became violent. View tunisian revolutionarab spring research papers on academia. Tunisias sustained progress since the 2011 revolution makes it a strong democratic partner in. A year ago, a tunisian fruitseller set himself on fire after being humiliated by a police officer. Parsing arab spring northwestern university in qatar. Arab spring research guide and notes sheet introduction. The arab spring in tunisia forced ben ali from power, but the regime that was overthrown was.
Why tunisia is the one lasting success of the arab spring. The repressive and violent nature of the arab regimes also ranks high on the list of major factors culminating in the 2011 arab uprisings. Apr 03, 2012 the russian government, like its counterparts in the west, the middle east, and elsewhere, was caught off guard by the outburst of arab uprisings beginning in january 2011 that swept away longruling authoritarian regimes in tunisia, egypt, libya, and it appears yemen, and have threatened to topple those in bahrain and syria. Journal of economic perspectivesvolume 26, number 2spring 2012pages 167188 i nn december 2010, the selfimmolation of a tunisian fruit vendor sparked what december 2010, the selfimmolation of a tunisian fruit vendor sparked what hhas come to be termed the arab spring. The gaddafi archives libya before the arab spring view gallery an exhibition of photographs, documents and artefacts from the human rights watch archive paints a portrait of libya in the four decades prior to the arab spring. Authoritarianism and democratization in the arab w orld, rex brynen et al. Wednesday, january 11, 2012 abstract tunisia triggered a wave of protests that has been sweeping all over the north africa and the middle east since the early 2011. Tunisia s mass popular uprising, dubbed the jasmine revolution, sparked antigovernment movements in other countries across the region. Unrest and uncertainty the big picture, the boston globes photoblog. Of the four major arab spring protests analyzedtunisia, egypt, libya, and bahrain. Egypt, libya, syria, and yemen quickly emulated tunisias example, giving hope to the citizens of those countries that major political and economic transformations were underway. Causes of the arab spring causes of the arab spring may be described as following. Arab spring in tmisia and egypt 53 in this paper i focus on the arab spring outbreaks in tunisia and egypt and document how disenfranchised youth took advantage of emerging wired technological formats in their respective countries to create mediated communities, networks and identities that decolonized. Pdf arab spring as a background of civil war in syria.
Tunisia and the arab spring overview nc essential standards. Tunisias sustained progress since the 2011 revolution makes it a strong democratic partner in a volatile region. The common slogan of the protesters throughout arab spring was the people want to bring down the regime aissa, 2012. 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. By early 2011 they had spread into what became known as the arab springa wave of. The event set off uprisings across north africa and the middle east known as the arab spring. 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. Included are the results of a bibliometric study that compared the frequency in which various descriptors appeared in major englishlanguage news sources. Within a few months, a wave of protest had swept away the despots of tunisia, egypt and libya. The role of information communication technologies in the.
Tunisia, and yemen were among the least happy people in the world world bank, 2015. Tunisia specific findings participation in the revolution. Within this context, students will then learn about the arab spring through a powerpoint centered discussion, political cartoons, and a. It focuses on youth from morocco, tunisia, egypt, palestine, lebanon and turkey, during the key period of the arab uprisings and their aftermath. When the arab spring overthrew zine alabidine ben alis 23year dictatorship in january 2011, tunisia had elements of a healthy political culture that other arab countries lacked.
Demystifying the arab spring parsing the differences between tunisia, egypt, and libya lisa anderson in tunisia, protesters escalated calls for the restoration of the countrys suspended constitution. The results will hopefully form a foundation, or supplement, for further empiricallybased analysis on the matter. The new tunisian legislative framework is an analysis of the two recent major laws aimed at regulating the media in tunisia. Tunisia celebrates fifth anniversary of the arab spring time. The roots and causes of the 2011 arab uprisings kamal eldin osman salih abstract. Tunisias jasmine revolution is the first popular uprising to topple an. The relevance of the arab spring for the middle east the tragic selfimmolation of mohamed bouazizi, a young fruit vendor, in december 2010 sparked a series of unprecedented demonstrations in tunisia. Of the four major arab spring protests analyzedtunisia, egypt, libya, and bahrain large differences were found across the four in the amount of information consumed via social media. The tunisian revolution, also called the jasmine revolution, was an intensive 28day campaign of civil resistance. Arab spring, egypt, revolution, social media, tunisia.
To move beyond this arab spring legacy and regain a reputation for mediation and diplomacy, qatar may well have to step back from the regional leadership that was characteristic of dohas policies during and after the arab spring, and act instead as a facilitator of dialogue and quiet negotia. Tunisia this guide lists online and print sources for what has become known as the arab spring, the popular revolutionary wave in the middle east and north africa that started in december 2010. Most of the arab regimes, with the exception of a few, are classified as highly authoritarian systems. The series of revolutions that marked the arab world toppled dictators and transformed the map of the region, inspiring hope for permanent change in the middle east. To move beyond this arab spring legacy and regain a reputation for mediation and diplomacy, qatar may well have to step back from the regional leadership that was characteristic of dohas policies during and after the arab spring, and act instead as. He certainly could not have foreseen that he would motivate the peoples of the arab world1 to seek social change in the collection of demonstrations. Transforming tunisia the role of civil society in tunisias. 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 also contributing to sociopolitical mobilization in bahrain and syria. Saudi arabia and the arab spring ren rieger gulf research center arab spring as well as by the growing popular displeasure about the widespread corruption in the kingdom. Libyathe death of dictator first protests in libya started on january 2011 but mass uprisings began in the city of benghazi on 15 february 2011.
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