mass arrests to try to crush anti-government street protests inspired by the Arab Spring in Tunisia‚ Egypt and Libya. These protests rapidly took on a more formal nature when the opposition began to organise political and military wings for a long uprising against the Baath government. As 2012 wore on‚ the stand-off
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Globalization and the Role of the State: Challenges and Perspectives. New York: United Nations. Carr‚ B. (2012‚ June 25). Syrian Solution Lies in Putin ’s Hands. The Australian ‚ p. 7. Cunningham‚ F. (2012). how the Arab League Has Become a Tool of Western Imperialism. Global Research. Donker‚ T. H.‚ & Janssen‚ F. (2011). Supporting the Syrian Summer; Dynamics of the Uprising and Considerations for International Engagement. The Hague: Clingendael Institute. Fincle‚ P.‚ & Govale‚ E. (2012‚ February
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watching it like a film” (The Economist‚ 2013). This is a statement by a Syrian student whose sentiment has become common amongst Syrians. According to the UN‚ since March 18th 2011‚ the date that marked the beginning of the Syrian uprising‚ 70‚000 Syrians‚ mostly civilians‚ have died‚ but the death toll is likely to be considerably higher (ibid.). The conflict between followers of the governing Ba’ath Party and the Syrian opposition‚ which has turned into an utter civil war (Nebehay‚ 2012)‚ has
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in the Arab world‚ mainly to get rid of dictatorship aimed at democratic form of government in these countries through violent or non-violent means. To date‚ rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia‚ Egypt (twice)‚ Libya‚ and Yemen; civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain and Syria; major protests have broken out in Algeria‚ Iraq‚ Jordan‚ Kuwait‚ Morocco‚ and Sudan; and minor protests have occurred in Mauritania‚ Oman‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Djibouti‚ Western Sahara‚ and the Palestinian Authority.
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having them or not. Although in the Middle East‚ the people who want the revolutions usually have good idea in what they want. However‚ just having a good idea‚ and getting that idea outside of the surrounding area only does so much. In the recent uprisings in 2001 in the Middle East‚ one revolutionary group was the green movement in
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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 the French in 1800. Egypt revolted again against foreign rule in the years up to 1882; it revolted again against the British in the great revolution of 1919‚ and once again in 1952. During the Syrian revolt of 1925-26‚ the
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supply the country with the creation of a National Water Carrier. The Syrian army used the Golan Heights to shell Israeli farms and villages‚ forcing citizens to sleep in bomb shelters. These attacks finally provoked a retaliatory strike on April 7‚ 1967. During the attack‚ Israeli planes shot down six Syrian fighter planes. On May 15th‚ Egyptian soldiers began to move into Sinai Desert near the Israeli border‚ and on May 18th‚ the Syrian soldiers stationed
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Katherine Zoepf’s nonfiction work “Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World” published by Penguin Books tells different stories of women throughout the Arab world. Zoepf takes readers on a journey beginning in Syria and ending in Egypt. Zoepf compares and contrasts the cultures‚ challenges and changes in women’s lives across five Arab countries. Zoepf’s interest in the Arab world began soon after the terror attacks in New York City on September 11
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being in the country. (Jan. 6): A bomb explodes in Damascus‚ killing 25 people and injuring dozens more. It is the second attack in the capital in the last two weeks. (Jan. 11): President Bashar al-Assad appears in public for the first time since the uprising began‚ thanking the crowd for supporting him. Meanwhile‚ a French journalist is killed during an attack at a progovernment rally in Homs. European Union Agrees to Impose Oil Embargo on Iran (Jan. 4): The countries within the European Union agree
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Hidden In the Words In Middle Eastern literature‚ political‚ economic‚ and domestic crises created large movements that changed topics that were used to write. For example‚ Israeli and Hebrew literature was highly influenced by American culture post WWII. With these topic changes came various negative emotions due to the reasons the topics were changed. For instance‚ Palestinian literature went from folk ballad to resistance and activist poetry teeming with themes of a dislocated people and
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