awakening of arabic peninsula
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W R I T I N G H I S T O R Y
AWAKENING OF ARABIC PENINSULA
PRESENTERS
SADDAM TARIQ 2010-PET-65
SAJID AMIN 2010-PET-63
CONTENTS
REVOLUTION : A PUBLIC OPINION
HOW SULTANS REMAIN IN POWER
HOW SULTANS DEMORALIZE THE REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION IN TUNISIA
EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION
YEMENI REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION IN LIBYA
CONCLUSION
REVOLUTION: A PUBLIC OPINION
• Time Magazine declares
THE PROTESTER, person of the
year 2011
• Expectations of Positive change
• Change of Face or Change of
System ??
HOW PEOPLE VISUALIZE THE SPRING
16%
23%
55%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
More pessimistic
Feeling no change
More optimistic
When you reflect on the Arab Spring, are you more optimistic or more pessimistic than before about the future of the Arab world?
Reuters Survey, on Arab Spring, 2011
HOW SULTANS REMAIN IN POWER
• Self enrichment and pleasing Elites
• Support from Western Governments
• Controlling Military by keeping them divided
• Monarchial Democracy
HOW SULTANS DEMORALIZE THE REVOLUTION
• Use of power, when the revolution sparks
• Facilitating the mob by increasing wages
• Media publications are censored and banned
TURNING POINT…
• Bouazizi the fruitseller of Tunisia Ignited the fire
• Khaled Said’s executions enraged Egyptians
• Ali Saleh’s and Gaddafi’s illegitimate resistance fueled the fire
• Social networking fueled the revolution
TUNISIA: THE WHISTLEBLOWER
Defects of the State:
• Unemployed youth exceeded the limits
• Self employment was limited
• That raised to a Hero Engr. Abdullah Bouazizi
TUNISIA: THE WHISTLEBLOWER
Defects of the State:
• Unemployed youth exceeded the limits
• Self employment was limited
• That raised to a Hero Engr. Abdullah Bouazizi
HERO OF JASMINE REVOLUTION
• Unemployed Petroleum Engineer, Bouazizi
• Harassed by police because of selling without
permit
• Burned himself on 17 of December
• The public mobilizes
HERO OF JASMINE REVOLUTION
• Unemployed Engineer, Bouazizi
• Harassed by police because of selling without
permit
• Burned himself on 17 of December
• The public mobilizes
DAWN IN TUNISIA
• Ben Ali overthrown within a month
• Transparent Democratic system
FIRE REACHES EGYPT
Defects of the state
• Poor education and inflation
• Majority of Unemployed Youth
• Hosni Mobarak’s long tiring regime
‘ERHAL’ HOSNI MOBARAK
• Egyptians Inspired by Jasmine Revolutions
• Slogan of the revolution ‘Erhal’ GET OUT
• Tahrir Square, symbol of Egyptian Revolution
MISSION ‘ERHAL’ ACCOMPLISHED
• Hosni Mubarak put under trial
• Polling for a NEW PARLIAMENT recently
• Future of Egypt ?
MISSION ‘CHANGE’ ACCOMPLISHED
• Hosni Mubarak put under trial
• Polling for a NEW PARLIAMENT recently
• Future of Egypt ?
FUTURE OF EGYPT
10%
11%
30%
32%
-10% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
A nationalist party
A pan-Arab party
A liberal party
An Islamic party
If the parliamentary elections were held today, what type of
party would you be likely to vote for? (EGYPT ONLY)
Times Magazine, survey
YEMEN
Defects of the state
• Despite high revenue, inflation was at
height
• Corruption at peak, higher than the other
Arab States
• Yemen democracy cum kingdom
• Poor education system
DOWN WITH ALI SALEH
• Deprivation drives the mass
• Al-Steen street, the significance of Yemen uprising
• Ali saleh pulled of 3 months ago
• Elections hoped to be held soon
LIBYA
Defects in Libya
• Hurting Islamic Sentiments of the
people
• Long tiring Regime of Gaddafi
marking Monarchy
• Anti-Arab World Policies
QADDAFI KILLED
• NATO backed the rebels
• No significant protests, just rebels
• Finally Qaddafi killed
• Rebels took charge of Libya
CONCLUSION
• 1848 revolt in Europe: Rising prices and
Unemployment
• 1989 Soviet Union: corrupt political system and
disinfection elites
• 1979 Khomeni Revolution: anti-Islamic and Pro-
Western