The major events of the arab spring timeline timetoast. The role of social media in the arab uprisings pew research. Mar 29, 2019 the tumult of the arab spring also showed autocratic governmentsand the rest of the worldthat millions of people living in islamic nations believe in free expression and democratic governance. Arab spring research guide and notes sheet extra research links 1. Heres how the arab spring started and how it affected the world history. Make educational timelines or create a timeline for your company website. Timeline of the arab spring jump to navigation jump to search. Key moments in the over 10,000 protesters in arab spring. A timeline of the major events of the arab spring on the 5th anniversary of the movement. It began in response to oppressive regimes and a low standard of living, starting with protests in tunisia noueihed, 2011.
Jan 24, 2014 the development of the arab spring across the middle east was not a gender based issue, yet it was the issue of womens rights which sought to define it in the perception of the west. The arab spring demonstrated that public opinion can powerfully affect the regions political life. In late september, the free syrian army moved its command headquarters from southern turkey. What is freedom and how do we identify what nations are free. The first stage involved looking at three available timelines regarding. The arab spring was a series of protests and uprisings in the middle east that began with unrest in tunisia in late 2010. The term arab spring is an allusion to the revolutions of 1848, which are sometimes referred to as the springtime of nations, and the prague spring in 1968. Arab spring economist world news, politics, economics. Timetoasts free timeline maker lets you create timelines online. We hear from three people who reflect on their involvement in the revolution five years ago and where they see things. Bashar alassads government brutally suppressed mass protests which began on 15 march 2011.
Aug 06, 2019 the situation in sudan now is not much different. The arab spring has fundamentally altered the middle east and north africa mena. The arab spring resulted in increased political pluralism and nascent. Polyvocal, leaderless and using new styles of communication, the postarab spring voices do not seek power but seek to defy the state and push it to address the hitherto taboo topics such as.
The country is grappling with civil war, humanitarian crises and the threat from isil. The event set off uprisings across north africa and the. After the revolt, tunisia held its first free election since it. Between 20 and 28 august, the battle of tripoli, occurred, in libya. Arab spring timeline sources the arab spring was a series of prodemocracy uprisings that enveloped several largely muslim countries, including tunisia, morocco, syria, libya, egypt and bahrain. 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. A year of revolution a year ago, a tunisian fruitseller set himself on fire after being humiliated by a police officer. Arab spring timeline sources the arab spring was a series of prodemocracy uprisings that enveloped several largely muslim countries, including tunisia, morocco, syria, libya, egypt and. Protests arose in tunisia following mohamed bouazizis. How did tunisia avoid the cycle of violence and repression that marred the arab spring. 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. Tunisia holds the first elections in an arab spring country where an authoritarian ruler was toppled in 2011. Arab spring, egypt, revolution, social media, tunisia.
It is narrowly won by mohamed morsi, a leading figure in the muslim brotherhood, and therein lies a problem. Justice and human dignity were not priorities in most states. Its causes and consequences 3 arab countries barany, 2011. Timeline of the major events and uprisings in the middle east. A chronological narrative of some of the main events and developments follows the list of years, but it is not comprehensive.
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. A timeline and history of arab spring mediachecker. This thesis explores several dimensions of domestic and international politics related to the arab spring. Jul 03, 2012 ultimately, public information supplied by social networking websites has played an important role during modernday activism, specifically as it pertains to the arab spring. This concept is used as an indication to a wide range of uprisings in the middle east and north africa mena region during the past two years. The arab spring that resides in the popular imagination is one in which a wave of mass mobilization swept the broader middle east, toppled dictators, and cleared the way for democracy. If indeed a second arab spring, a heartfelt sudanese response to corruption and expression of a yearning for freedom, the process is in peril.
By the middle of 20 the two major countries affected by the arab spring, egypt and syria, are both in serious trouble. The roots and causes of the 2011 arab uprisings kamal eldin osman salih abstract. On 9 and 10 october, coptic christians in egypt protested against the destruction of a church. The arab spring in historical perspective mohammadmahmoud ould mohamedou 6 overnight societal transformation to the other of negation of unprecedented change. The arab spring was a series of antigovernment protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across the middle east in early 2011. Demonstrators expressing political and economic grievances faced violent crackdowns by their countries security forces. 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. The title, year of the dupe, was inspired, and indeed coined by dr. In december 2010, a man in tunisia burned himself to death in protest at his treatment by police. In june 2012 there is a genuinely free presidential election. Fidh 3 on 18 january 2011, in cairo, asmaa mahfouz, a 26yearold blogger, posted a video on facebook calling for a demonstration in tahrir square to protest. In december 2010, protests began against the autocratic government in the northern african country of tunisia. Arab spring in tunisia and how the movement spread throughout the. Rebel forces captured, and effectively gained control of, the capital city of tripoli, therefore practically overthrowing the government of the dictator muammar gaddafi.
Many of the spontaneous and in some cases leaderless arab spring movements of 2011 were unsuited to. The initial events of the arab spring occurred in tunisia, where on december 14, 2010, a street vendor named mohammad bouazizi carried out an act of selfimmolation, after a tunisian police officer was alleged to have taken his fruit stand from him, restricting him from selling fruit at his location. Egypt has witnessed the overthrow of two presidents since the start of the arab spring. Arab spring, wave of prodemocracy protests and uprisings that took place in the middle east and north africa beginning in 2010, challenging some of the regions entrenched authoritarian regimes. Along with the decrease in production, the demographic boom was also responsible for increasing unemployment. Arab spring is a political concept that spread widely in the media and academic art publications. Learn how the arab spring started in tunisia in 2011, causing a. Pdf egyptian revolution, also known as arab spring or arab uprising, was a shock for. The major events of the arab spring the arab world has undergone more upheaval in the past year than in the past several decades. Heres how the arab spring started and how it affected the. This interactive timeline provides information on protests, government. They also wanted more democracy, and end to corruption, and economic opportunity. For decades, arab populations had faced repression of free speech, human rights abuses, economic mismanagement, corruption and stifling of political dissent. Several years after the arab spring began, democracy remains elusive in the middle east.
Tunisia celebrates fifth anniversary of the arab spring time. Pdf analysis and background of the arab spring in libya. But their purpose, relative success, and outcome remain hotly disputed in arab countries, among foreign observers, and between world powers looking to cash in on the changing map of the middle east. The violence sweeping across the arab world isnt a consequence of the arab spring, but of decades of dictatorship. Arab spring research guide and notes sheet introduction. The spring came in the form of civil wars, riots, violet act, non violent act, protest and demonstration.
Arab spring libya 360 libya after moammar gaddafi the washington post. Hundreds of thousands of tunisians took to the streets calling for an end to authoritarian rule. 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. Aug 28, 2019 the arab spring was a series of antigovernment protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across the middle east in early 2011. 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. Nbc news ayman mohyeldin, who reported on the 2011 egyptian revolution with al jazeera english and later nbc, looks back on the tumultuous years following the uprising. So, while clearly linked to the wider phenomenon of the arab spring, the protests in oman not only emerged from the omani context, but the methods of expressing demands also reflected omani ways of doing things.
Arab spring the arab spring was a series of prodemocracy uprisings that enveloped several largely muslim countries, including tunisia, morocco, syria, libya, egypt and bahrain. Key moments in the arab spring 1998 the electronic mailing list takriz is created, with an initial focus on issues like freedom of speech and affordable internet access in tunisia. In egypt, protests and strikes began on january 25, 2011. These popular protests were the first in living memory to reach oman. Analysis of the arab spring 3 blunders in state response, in particular using a heavyhanded approach and trying to crush opposition, had the reverse effect of galvanising more people to join the protests icg, 2011b and 2011d. Polyvocal, leaderless and using new styles of communication, the post arab spring voices do not seek power but seek to defy the state and push it to address the hitherto taboo topics such as.
The regional revolution saw regime change in tunisia, egypt, and yemen, and civil wars in libya and, at the time of writing this, ongoing in syria. With the arab spring, us intervention is likely to continue and expand. Evolutionary reform, rather than revolution, was the driving force. Feb 17, 2018 a political solution appears to remain out of reach for libya seven years after muammar gaddafis toppling. January 2008 six months of protests begin near gafsa, tunisia, over corruption and bad working conditions. Analysis and background of the arab spring in libya article pdf available in european researcher 3912. The role of social media in the arab uprisings pew. In the aftermath of the iraq war, it was used by various commentators and bloggers who anticipated a major arab movement towards democratization. The reality is that few arab countries have experienced anything of the sort. In october 2011, in the first free and democratic elections, women partici pated as voters. By 18 october, the fsa had captured the suburb of douma, the biggest suburb of damascus. One year into the engineered arab spring, one step closer to global hegemony. The causes of the arab spring, or as some call it, arab awakening, were many and longgathering. Many of the spontaneous and in some cases leaderless arab spring movements of 2011 were unsuited to taking on the tedious roles of.
The arab spring in egypt religious literacy project. Irina tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in new york. A timeline created with timetoasts interactive timeline maker. The arab spring of discontent einternational relations. Demonstrators expressing political and economic grievances faced violent crackdowns by. What was lost in those hasty assessments was the unpredictability of transitions and the. The more detailed timeline of the syrian civil war is contained in the articles linked to in the infobox on the right and in the list below. After the revolt, tunisia held its first free election since it became an independent nation in. The tumult of the arab spring also showed autocratic governmentsand the rest of the worldthat millions of people living in islamic nations believe in free.
At the eve of the arab spring, one out of four egyptians and tunisians young was out of employment. The forgotten corner of the arab spring middle east. The economist offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science, technology and the connections between them. The wave of protests and civil unrest that swept the arab world ushered in some changes. Ambassador bill taylor reflects on the significance of the arab spring and the changes brought about. Facts about arab spring tell you about the revolutionary wave of protest and demonstration in arab world. Webster tarpley of, who is noted below as giving the. Aug 28, 2012 us intervention in the arab world is still predicated on the same foundations that determined the courses of us foreign policy during the cold war.
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