The Role of Us and Mass Media in Uprisings in Arab World
DOKUZ EYLÜL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | USA and Arab spring | The role of US and mass media in uprisings in Arab world | | Zulfiya Yussupova 2012801543 | IR master degree |
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Introduction
The Arab Spring is revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests that began in the Arab world December 18, 2010. Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, civil war in Libya, which led to the fall of the regime, civil uprisings in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen, mass protests in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco and Oman, and minor protests in Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Western Sahara. Clashes on the border of Israel in May 2011 have also been inspired by the local Arab spring.
Each country has its own uprisings story. To understand the dynamic of the uprisings first we need to be aware of the history of it. Here is some of the most important facts: 1. Tunis
Trader’s suicide was like a symbolic start of the uprisings. The gay burned himself in protest against humiliation by the police and bad conditions of life. Demonstrations spread to neighboring cities leading to repressions. But response from Ben Ali – the former president of Tunisia was really slow. Repressions increased but then receded by January 2011, Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia, and within days temporal government was established. Ben Ali was tried in absentia, and new president was Beji Caid Essebsi 2. Egypt.
Protests spread in Cairo and throughout the country. After “day of rage” on 28 January. On 29 January president Hosni Mubarak announced the new government. Also on 1 February he said that he will not contest in elections - this actions calm down a little rebels,
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Introduction
The Arab Spring is revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests that began in the Arab world December 18, 2010. Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, civil war in Libya, which led to the fall of the regime, civil uprisings in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen, mass protests in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco and Oman, and minor protests in Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Western Sahara. Clashes on the border of Israel in May 2011 have also been inspired by the local Arab spring.
Each country has its own uprisings story. To understand the dynamic of the uprisings first we need to be aware of the history of it. Here is some of the most important facts: 1. Tunis
Trader’s suicide was like a symbolic start of the uprisings. The gay burned himself in protest against humiliation by the police and bad conditions of life. Demonstrations spread to neighboring cities leading to repressions. But response from Ben Ali – the former president of Tunisia was really slow. Repressions increased but then receded by January 2011, Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia, and within days temporal government was established. Ben Ali was tried in absentia, and new president was Beji Caid Essebsi 2. Egypt.
Protests spread in Cairo and throughout the country. After “day of rage” on 28 January. On 29 January president Hosni Mubarak announced the new government. Also on 1 February he said that he will not contest in elections - this actions calm down a little rebels,
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