Arab Spring Summary

This video shows the different aspects of the Arab Spring from the viewpoints of Mary Jane Deeb, Tarek Masoud, and Hisham Melhem. Mary Jane Deeb believes that because of the uniqueness of every country’s situation there is bound to be unique outcomes. She explains that Libya is a fairly new state and therefore is not as progressed as other countries. However she adds that Egypt’s army takes up a big portion of control in the area and are very influential. She sees that most countries are taking after other rulers in the sense that they are almost following each other by resigning from power. However, in places like Syria and Libya, where there is more resistance, reform is much more difficult to achieve and compromise is much less likely. She