Welcome to the ARAB SPRING! What is it, what do the people want, and what is going on?

LEADER Tunisia -President Ben Ali President OUTCOME-President fled the country International arrest warrant, charging him for money laundering and drug trafficking Sentenced to life imprisonment-Living in Saudi Arabia in exhile

The PEOPLE Tunisia – First protests – Muhammad Bouazizi set himself on fire (Martyr)

LEADER President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt Provided stability for Egypt for 30 years Peace with Israel, no violent attacks on either side Stability for foreigners Cracks down on religious extremists and terrorists Economic success Re-elected by majority votes

The PEOPLE Egypt Ruled for with an iron fist for 30 years. Under Mubarak… – Police can arrest people without charge – Police torture and cruelty – Detain prisoners indefinitely – Security forces – Limited freedoms (speech/expression/assembly) – Corruption – Monopoly on power – No free and fair elections – Opposed to worker’s rights – No one can run against him in elections – Legalized censorship – Family wealth between $40-70 billion /day-of-anger-in-egypt.html (Anger in Egypt 2:02) /day-of-anger-in-egypt.html

LEADER President Colonel Qaddafi of Libya Longest serving leader of Libya- 42 years and rules with an iron fist. provide stability to country Brought popular democracy to Libya Focused on education and Islamic morals Great Manmade River- largest freshwater pipeline

The PEOPLE Libya Under his rule… – Garbage in streets – Poor infrastructure – High unemployment (30%) – Controls the media – Uses violence against the people – He and his family have accumulated over $60 billion – Killed Libyan dissidents abroad – Police crackdowns (Colorful history of Qaddafi 4:00)

The POWER Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Hashidi of Yemen The people are unhappy with your leader and protested for him to resign after short three years. lacked of democratic reform widespread corruption human rights abuses were carried out by him and his allies. Recently injured by a rocket attack on his palace’s mosque during prayer.

The PEOPLE Yemen Your president Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Hashidi has only been president for three years. Under his presidency: Government security forces are: killing of civilians Using excessive force arbitrarily detaining citizens torturing and ill treating citizens with things like suffocation. Checkpoints Disruption of utilities such as gas and water. Bombings of neighbors by military  9/timescast-protesters-killed-in-yemen.html 9/timescast-protesters-killed-in-yemen.html  yemenis-demand-change-of-government.html (protests in Yemen 1:30) yemenis-demand-change-of-government.html

The POWER Bashar al-Assad of Syria Wants unity between government, state institutions and the people. Created a constitution that allows demonstrations Is open to any suggestions by the people Believes in a strength of the Syrian citizens and their all participation where they know their rights and their place.

The People Syria Military conducts military and policing operations Attacks on peaceful protesters occurring at an alarming rate (no one has been tried for these attacks) Paying high taxes Average person earns about $ a month High unemployment, many people actually travel to Lebanon where they are treated extremely bad (1:10) :08 suffering-children.cnn Children in Syria 3:31 suffering-children.cnn

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What about the PEOPLE? What do they want? Human rights Democracy Freedom from a dictator Fair Economic Opportunities

The Situation in the Middle East Tunisia- President Ben Ali ousted, and government overthrown. Egypt- President Hosni Mubarak ousted, and government overthrown. Continued popular protest against military provisional government. Libya- Muammar Gaddafi killed after a civil war with foreign military intervention, and government overthrown. Yemen-President Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down after months of popular protests. Syria-Civil War Civil uprisings against the governments of Syria and Bahrain, despite government changes. Kuwait, Lebanon and Oman implementing government changes in response to protests. Morocco, Jordan implementing constitutional reforms in response to protests. Ongoing protests in Algeria, Iraq, and other countries.

Arab Spring All these countries, all these people wanted a change in their governments In the summer of 2011 the Arab Spring grew and protestors used facebook, twitter, social media to spread the word of change Millions took to the streets Violence occurred, but did it work??? eo/year-revolutions-katie-couric- this-year-2011-special-middle- east-wall-street-protest (stop at 5:54) eo/year-revolutions-katie-couric- this-year-2011-special-middle- east-wall-street-protest

The People Force Changes…Social Media is the Answer 09/15/ how- rap-music-fueled-the- arab-spring-uprisings (rap and Arab Spring 8:07) 09/15/ how- rap-music-fueled-the- arab-spring-uprisings

Arab Spring /day-of-anger-in-egypt.html (Anger in Egypt 2:02) /day-of-anger-in-egypt.html music-fueled-the-arab-spring-uprisings (rap and Arab Spring 8:07) music-fueled-the-arab-spring-uprisings /yemenis-demand-change-of-government.html (protests in Yemen 1:30) /yemenis-demand-change-of-government.html (2:41 current rages) being-detained-in-bahrain-and-the-digital-roots-of-the-arab-spring/ (6:30 facebook) being-detained-in-bahrain-and-the-digital-roots-of-the-arab-spring/ News MUSIC 3:17 (Arabs Unite)