Jasmine Revolution ( Tunisia Revolution): On December 17‚ 2010 the protest started in the city of Sidi when a 26 year old fruit and vegetable vendor burned himself in front of municipal office. In following 3 weeks protests continued Ben Ali dismisses the minister of the interior. The move fails to quiet demonstrations. Ben Ali again came up with large concessions on state TV‚ but clashes grew more violent. State of emergency was declared with same ministries which outburst population even greater
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The Effects of Colonization on Modern African Cultures In November1884 - 1885‚ Europe met for The Berlin Conference in which Africa was sub-divided giving each current European powers a part to govern. This scrabble for Africa was an official degradation of all African future political power and present government. The utilization of African land‚ resources and people to build European powers was imposing and came with extensive consequences. The new European map sub-divided Africa injudiciously
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Failure of the Arab League In the wake of any great conflict‚ states will try and assemble a system that is based on unity and prevention of further conflict‚ there are several aspects usually addressed‚ including the economy and the international relations. In the wake of World War 2 the UN assembled to form the new world order (Pinfari‚ 1.) In the Middle East‚ 6 founding members (Egypt‚ Transjordan‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Syria‚ Lebanon and Iraq) formed the Arab League‚ an organization founded upon
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father is taken; eventually tries to rekindle friendship with Suleiman. 11/02/13 2:08 PM 1 In t h e C o u n t r y o f M e n OVERVIEW About the author Hisham Matar was born in 1970 in New York City. His parents moved back to their home country of Libya soon after and lived in Tripoli until he was nine. His
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nine-year-old boy‚ who goes through the hardships of living in Libya in 1979. Throughout the novel betrayal operates at many different levels. Betrayal is one of the major themes in the novel that takes place in both private and public life‚ between friends‚ family member‚ and citizens. Matar uses betrayal to give the readers an idea that disloyalty and mistrust is like living under a domineering government such as Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya‚ where people are under constant surveillance and there is political
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through a window the subject has created for us to look into and see what he wishes us to see at the time. And considering he is a notorious Libyan politician‚ revolutionary and dictator‚ who has led Libya since he overthrew King Idris in a 1969 coup and established the Libyan Arab Republic from Libya. I think for a person of his status and calibre it is
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African Rock Art was and is a very important part of African culture. These paintings have been found in such exotic locales as Libya‚ the Sahara Desert‚ Algeria and South African sites. Most of these paintings were made at about the beginning of the 5th millennium BC into the 2nd.These pictures were painted in caves or on rock walls of cliffs‚ hence the name Rock Art. Although people admire rock art‚ the design techniques‚ usage‚ and preservation of this unique artform help the viewer understand
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SATELLITE TV: THE CRYSTAL BALL THAT OPENED NEW NARRATIVES OF REALITY Abstract The world around us is being constantly studied‚ analysed‚ made ‘sense’ of‚ categorised‚ named and assigned meaning. This human endeavour invariably leads to the formation of the amorphous entity called ‘Reality’. The introduction of Satellite TV channels and the introduction of 24 hours News channels that broadcast directly into millions of households around the world‚ without little or no State control has led to the
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citizen to come on the roads or even to pick up the arms for the their freedom to breath in their country. This is what the world has witnessed from winters of 2010. When the citizen of the Middle East countries and North Africa mainly Tunisia‚ Egypt‚ Libya‚ Syria and Yemen came together to throw away the rule of the old tyrants which are ruling them for years and suppressing their lives for the lavishness in their own countries by exercising the their power on them. But once the revolt got the spark
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Such as‚ Libya‚ Egypt‚ and Syria‚ who have faced dilemmas. Many of their people have been arrested‚ severely injured‚ and even killed. Arab spring is a good cause because people are standing up for what they believe in and it has effects on the United States‚ due to oil companies that are in the Middle East and other parts of North Africa. For many years people in parts of Northern Africa and the Middle East have been controlled by dictators. Dictators in these countries like Libya‚ Egypt‚
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