The Arab Spring is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on Saturday‚ December 18‚ 2010. To date‚ rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia‚ Egypt‚ Libya‚ and Yemen. My research topic is going to explore two key features of the Arab Spring: the diffusion effects for democratization in neighboring authoritative regimes like Saudi Arabia‚ and the possibility of a successful democratic transition of the Arab Spring countries where authoritative
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The Arab Spring Study Questions A. Reasons behind the Arab Spring? There are various reasons behind the Arab Spring. One of the reasons was that a Tunisian young man‚ unable to find a job‚ had his cart of merchandise taken away by the‚ which led him to burn himself in the streets‚ next to thousands of people. Unemployment is one of the main reasons which lead to the revolt. After that‚ manifestations were going on in the cities of Tunisia. The poverty and unemployment that was going on in Tunisia
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which involves Jews and Arabs. The conflict over territory between the Israeli’s and the Palestinian’s began many years ago in 1948; however the current conflict began in 1987. Before WW1‚ Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire‚ but after the war the British took control. However‚ conflict had already begun between the Arabs and the Jews wanting to occupy the area. The Jews hadn’t had their own state for over 2000 years. They saw the biblical land of Palestine (Israel) as their natural home.
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the Ottoman Empire. Arab Muslims had been there for 12 centuries. The Jews is the area was 25‚000 people 1st aliyah—1882- 1903 20‚000 Jews immigrate. 2nd aliyah--- 1905- 1914 35‚000 more Jews immigrate. WWI in the Middle East: British “owned” the Suez…but the Ottomans attacked it. Husayn-McMahon correspondence – 1915 • An agreement between the British and Husayn (Hussein) Ibn Ali (Sherif Hussein) of Mecca- leader of the Hashemite’s. • In return for an Arab revolt against the
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ARAB ISRAEL WAR (06 Oct -– 24 Oct 73) General 1. The war between the Arabs and the Israel which broke out in the Middle East on 6 Oct‚ 1973 is known to the Arabs as the War of Ramadan to the Israelis as the Yom Kippur War and generally to the others in the West as the Oct war. The Arabs tried to regain their territories lost in the earlier wars against Israel. After the defeat of 1956 war Egypt was helped by the Soviet Union and began to rebuild her armed forces from the grd up. Conti for six
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Some main aspects about the Arab culture What are the first things that come to your mind when you hear the word “Arab”? What prejudices could we possibly have? Let us look more deeply into these thoughts and perhaps clear some things up. • Common misconception about the Arab world: Arabs= Homologous mass= SAME religion‚ language & customs Nevertheless in REALITY‚ cultures‚ religions & dialects differ from country to country and even city to city! • (In reference to the common space & time
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EXPLAINING ISRAEL’S MYSTERIOUS IMPERIAL AGENDA AND OTHER ESSAYS ON ISRAEL EXPLAINING ISRAEL’S MYSTERIOUS IMPERIAL AGENDA and other Essays on Israel g Imran N. Hosein Masjid Jàmi’ah‚ City of San Fernando‚ Trinidad and Tobago Copyright © Imran N. Hosein Email: ihosein@tstt.net.tt; inhosein@hotmail.com Website: www.imranhosein.org First Published 2011 SÕRAH AL-KAHF: Quartet of Books Volume 1: Sūrah al-Kahf: Text Translation and Modern Commentary; Volume 2: Sūrah al-Kahf
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ISRAEL VS PALESTINE TIMETABLE http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/90087 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mandate_for_Palestine_(legal_instrument) http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/six_day_war_1967.htm http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/nov-29-1947-united-nations-partitions-palestine-allowing-for-creation-ofisrael/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab–Israeli_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre
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Final Write 1500 words describing the Arab Spring‚ and what the conditions are today in the Arab countries; that were part of it. 1) Egypt‚ Tunisia 2) Yemen‚ Bahrain 3) Syria 4) Libya Introduction; The Arab world has been a scene of uprisings and revolts for its entire modern history. Arabs have revolted against colonial and local tyranny every decade before and after the World War I. During the French occupation the people of Cairo revolted repeatedly‚ briefly liberating the city from
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On 15 May 1967‚ Israel celebrated its 19th Day of Independence. The economy had not yet recovered from a recession that had been caused the year before. Tensions on the border with Syria had risen significantly‚ sabotage was being committed in Israel’s territory by terrorists from the PLO in Lebanon‚ and settlements were being shelled by the Syrians on the Golan Heights. The aggression that Israel faced was due to the fact that her Arab Neighbours refused a Jewish nation in the Middle East. This
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