the arab spring 1- which country took the lead of the arab spring revolutions? tunisia sparked it
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The Arab Spring
1- Which country took the lead of the Arab Spring revolutions?
Tunisia sparked it.
TUNISIA
TUNISIA
What does the flag represent?1- Red: The blood of Tunisian martyrs.2- White : Peace and safety. 3- Crescent: Being part of the Arab World.4- Star: The five pillars of Islam.
Why do people usually revolt? Bread ( satisfactory standard of
living). Freedom. Social justice. Human dignity.
What sparked the Tunisian revolution?
Poor living conditions Unemployment Food inflation Corruption Lack of freedom Mohammed Bouazizihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh3TqJ7ILIQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8jeGtBkDo
The ex-Tunisian president, Ben Ali
7th Nov 1987 – 14th Jan 2011
Egypt
Egypt
What does the Egyptian flag represent?It dates back to the 1952 Revolution.• Red: struggle against monarchy.• White: Bloodless nature of the revolution.• Black: The end of oppression.
What sparked the Egyptian Revolution
The success of the Tunisian Revolution. Planning to pass the power down to the
president’s son. Corruption. Bad living conditions. State of emergency laws. Lack of free elections and political freedom. Police brutality. ( Khaled Said)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7vwdIsXc4Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA92XQ8NBJw
The ex-Egyptian president, Hossni Mubarak
Appointed vice president to Sadat in 1975.
President 14th Oct 1981 – 11th Feb 2011. The revolution began 25th Jan 2011 The Supreme Council of the Armed
Forces took over a transitional period 11th Feb 2011 – 29th June 20012
The ex-Egyptian and first elected president, Mohammed Morsi
• A member of the Muslim Brotherhood and the head of the right political party Freedom and Justice.
• The first fairly and honestly elected Egyptian president ever.
• 30th June 2012 - 3rd July 2013• Became president with a 51% of the total
voting participating people.
The Challenges he faced
1) The of Mubarak’s 30-year-old regime.2) The SCAF . !!! How?!3) Judiciary system4) The dissolution of the fairly elected
parliament.5) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/
africaandindianocean/egypt/9332783/Egypts-military-accused-of-complete-coup-after-supreme-court-ruling.html
6) Mass media.7) The pressing needs of the people.8) The inherited economic problems.
As a result ……
1. He failed / made to fail ( you can decide later)2. Millions of people signed a paper asking him to give
up power. Who were those people?!3. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces El Sisi
sided with people and ousted the president.4. He appointed the head of the Supreme Constitutional
Court as a transitional president. Do you know his name?!
5. He confirmed that the Armed Forces had no greed in power.
6. He asked the people to give him accreditation to fight the likely to happen terrorism by Morsi supporters.
25th Jan V 30th June
25th Jan 2011: All the people were against the regime
of Hosni Mubarak. 30th June the people were divided into two
peoples: Supporters to Morsi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3hX
K4ETrow Opposers to Morsi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vm8
UEph-cQ
Comparison
Tahrir Square ( opposers)Rabia Square ( supporters)
Rabia Square
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2013_Rabaa_Massacre
Punishing whoever raises RABIA Symbolhttp://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/05/egyptian-father-says-his-jailed-daughter-was-raised-to-speak-her-mind-freely/
http://www.rferl.org/content/egypt-four-finger-salute/25085068.html
What’s next ?!
-The new constitution was made by an appointed committee after the suspension of the constitution which was written by an elected committee in Morsi’s age.- The new constitution passed by 92% of the participating voters.- Even secular activists are arrested http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25484064
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/10569259/Arrest-of-No-campaign-activists-on-eve-of-referendum-in-Egypt.html
-The transitional president promotes Sisi to Field Marshal !!!http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/27/from-field-marshals-montgomery-to-el-sissi-a-history-of-the-militarys-most-misleading-rank/
Sending people even children to jail
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/10640565/Egypt-has-detained-thousands-on-dubious-charges-since-Mohammed-Morsi-overthrown.html
A documentary movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPo7XsMjLHc
The Egyptian revolutionary graffiti
The Egyptian revolutionary graffiti
The Egyptian revolutionary graffiti
The Egyptian revolutionary graffiti
Best of luck to Egypt and its people !!!!!
ByRezk Amer
Columbus International High School
TCLP 2013/2014
EGYPT