Essays on Arab Spring

Introduction

The Arab Spring occurs as one of the widely discussed topics in history. This can be attributed to the fact that the Arab Spring evolved into a significant global event in history. The Arab Spring can be traced to the beginning of the early twentieth century when revolts to topple over authoritarian regimes in the Middle East became the most adequate solution to dictatorship, which had defied global trends aligned with liberalisation of the populations. Worth noting is the fact that social media played a comprehensive role in enhancing the success of the Arab Spring. Precisely, social media platforms Continue reading...

A study of the Effects of Social Media on the Arab Spring; Syria case

The Arab Spring refers to the instance that characterized the North Africa and Eastern Europe. I this regard, the countries that border this region was characterized by repressions and war related instances that were targeting the respective governments in the specific countries. The counties covered in the Arab Spring include, Tunisia, Egypt and Sudan when it is related to Africa. On the other hand, the countries that comprise Eastern Europe are the likes of Tehran and Syria. It is referred to as the Arab spring because it center staged in the Arab world over a very short period (Wilson, Continue reading...

Discussion Paper: Review of Egypt in Crisis

Introduction
After more than 30 years of authoritarian rule under Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has finally moved towards democratization – a theme that is highly apparent during the so-called Arab Spring that caused massive uprisings and protests within the nation in 2011. With resounding calls for the establishment of free and fair elections following the ouster of Mubarak, Egyptians finally succeeded in electing their first-ever democratically elected leader in 30 years, Mohammed Morsi. Morsi, a leader of the Islamic political faction Muslim Brotherhood, won the elections not through a landslide victory, but rather through a mandate highly skeptical over his opponent, Continue reading...

There is a reason as to why people behave in any manner. These reasons may be practically or theoretically explained as to their causes. Theoretically, behaviors can be explained using theories such as the relative deprivation theory and the frustration aggression theory. This paper identifies a social behavior i.e. a revolution and tries to explain it using the available theories. Precisely, the paper discusses the Arab Spring revolution and provides its details as related to the frustration-Aggression theory.
The Arab Spring is a pan-regional turbulence which affected the Arab countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Jordan, Continue reading...

Accounting for Change - Monarchism, Oil, and the Coercive Apparatus

A few years after the Arab Spring began numerous protests from Middle East countries emerged. Many protests have failed to challenge their political leaders. However, in spite of these disenchantments, a golden opportunity is provided by the Arab Spring. Unrests in Arab countries have been endless and the revolution of Arab culture has been gradual. The presence of oil wealth and monarchism has reduced the likelihood of an uprising through the establishment of barriers to protest escalation. Tunisia and Egypt have had protests against bad leaders. These actions have played a significant part in determining the survival of their Continue reading...

English

Social networking as a sphere was introduced to the world around a decade ago, and in less than three years became an essential element of social life around the globe. And it is quite easy to understand the exact reason social networking boomed to its present scale. From a psychological point of view the need for social networking is a simple reflection of a vital need of every person, and that is to compensate the lack of real life communication with a virtual one. That might be one of the reasons the number of subscribers using the worldwide web Continue reading...

Since time in memorial, the world has always been divided into several different classifications that showcases the disparity between nations. The most common example is the division of nations based on their wealth and power or the First, Second, Third and Fourth Worlds. Others classify nations through their location in the Hemisphere, while the rest would just generalized based on their region. For centuries, it is often notable that the Western half of the world is portrayed as the dominant nations and news reports would showcase just how advanced these countries have now become. Even if there are instances Continue reading...

Abstract

This paper considers the problems, such as how sexual harassment and flirting become interchangeable in a social context and lead to suppression of sexual harassment, when there are no significant definitions that delineate them. It also shows the need to have such a definition in a culture that has not been able to give women an equality status in the society. By observations and collating anecdotal data, a survey of the factors that could potentially be regarded as crossing over the line of flirtations and treading on sexual harassment are listed. Offline and Online encounters are considered for this Continue reading...

In December 2010, Tarek Mohammed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia set himself on fire to protest the humiliation he suffered at the hands of a police patrol officer who assaulted him in the street and police officials who refused to hear his complaint. Bouazizi’s death would not only be the catalyst for the overthrow of Tunisian President Zine Ben Ali but would also be the spark to the overthrow of governments in Libya, Egypt and Yemen as well as civil war, protests and popular agitation in over ten countries across North Africa and the Middle East. While Continue reading...

Social media technology played a pivot role of support to protesters in Egypt, Iraq, and Tunisia. I had discussed and described the issues in a report titled ‘Arab Springs’ hoping it would support the cause of protesters. Arab Spring had an excellent use with Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in the mission. User-friendly approaches made active users to come together for organizing protests in humongous volumes. Cutting across language barriers voice from different languages got translated through ‘transliteration’ technology to reach across the world. Anonymous peaceful supporters extended their support giving worthwhile ideas. Based on worldwide response through the power Continue reading...

Lebanon is one of the Arab countries that is characterized by its hold to sectarianism. This means that the country allows the co-existence of diverse kinds of religions within its territories unlike some Arab nations such as Saudi Arabia which 100% Islamic. At present, the majority of its population is Muslim (54% Muslims = 27% Sunnis and 27% Shias), about the second majority are the Christians (41%) and the rest (5%) constitute the minorities. The diversity in religion in Lebanon has significant effects to its political, social, and economic realm.
In order to understand how the religion plays a crucial Continue reading...

The rapid advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against Iraqi forces represents yet another critical milestone in Iraq’s turbulent recent history. The policy options available to the United States are complicated by the regional dimensions of the conflict and the divergent interests of key players, most notably Iran, Syria, Russia, a loose coalistion of Western countries and Sunni-regimes in the region. While most of the policy options may be framed as a search for the “least bad” policy to address this quagmire, there may be a path worth exploring to transform the situation Continue reading...

Organizational Communications 504

The political upheavals that shook much of the Arab World when the Arab Spring first broke out in 2010 introduced the region to a political trend that has swept much of the world during the 20th century – democratization. Although the Arab World is, in many ways, a “late-bloomer” in terms of adopting democratic virtues, the fact that several people from Arab nations have expressed their dissent through manifestations distinct to the globalized world shows how globalization has opened the eyes of the people against authoritarian regimes (Smith &Gaviria, 2013). The mass demonstrations that toppled long-standing authoritarian figures in nations Continue reading...

CMN598 Rhetoric of Social Issues

12-05-2014
Abstract
Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and digital media have led to transformations in the way humans communicate and interact. One of the latest waves of the new media is a social media tool that have “introduced new communication patterns, created new forms of expression and stimulated wide civic participation” (Bardici, 2012). In the recent past, social media platforms have become important in driving social change. A case in point is the Arab Spring. In Egypt, for instance, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube were instrumental in fuelling the revolt that led to Continue reading...

The Rise and fall of the "Occupy" Movement

Societies have evolved with time caused by the ever dynamic and changing needs of mankind due to a variety of factors-- these changes have, in turn, resulted in demands in policies and structures that have impacted on the society in either positive or negative ways. As a result, there have been sociological developments and reactions towards these changes across many parts of the world. It has either approved or disapproved such changes such as observed through actions in mass movement occupations among many other methods. Many prominent thinkers have postulated that the growing difference between the rich and the Continue reading...

In the digital disconnect, McChesney describes the digital age in the contemporary society in two in the perception of the two kinds of people. He terms those who calls for digital technologies to advance global democracy and nurture innovations worldwide as celebrants. Contrary to the celebrants are the skeptics who worry about the changes that are brought about by the technology. The skeptic’s argument is that the technology is recreating to think in a particular way hindering their creativity or lowering the level of their intelligence. According to him, the two outlooks are flawed since they both do Continue reading...

Introduction

The last decade has seen numerous changes in the political and social systems of the Middle East and North Africa. There is a common factor among the various nations in the Middle East and those of North Africa. They both share the Islamic religion, and they share common ideological and political views. Their leadership systems have also been directed by dictatorship rule and inheritable political positions for years.
It has been a common incidence to find government coups and political unrest in most parts of North Africa and the Middle East. Numerous political governments have been ousted in the Continue reading...

Introduction

Libya is considered one of the most underperforming among the Arab nations with a significant reservoir of oil. Prior to 2011, the country was ruled by a dictator, and this led to scant attention being paid to the country’s infrastructure. The country also faced significant economic sanctions from 1991 till 2006, for supporting terrorism. Though things began to improve after 2006, the situation in the country remained poor with the result that the aviation sector failed to develop, in spite of the size of the country. Even private airlines had been started in the country but the uprising Continue reading...

The concept of net neutrality states that governments and internet service providers should treat data on the internet with no discrimination. Data should be treated equally despite the user, content, site, application, attached equipment and mode of communication. Critics argue that data discrimination of some type is not problematic but rather highly desirable. Opponents of net neutrality are of the opinion that the best solution to discrimination done by broadband providers is encouraging a larger competition among providers that is limited in many areas. The Federal Communications Commission is making new rules that will permit internet service providers to Continue reading...

Introduction

NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an agreement between participating countries to support and give assistance to other allied countries who have signed treaty to the agreement. This concept of supporting each other and giving each member a sense of security when it comes to attacking elements from external parties give members of the organization a chance to grow and give attention to aspects of development without necessarily being fully or over-concerned about how they are going to fair in case military operations rise against them. Considerably, NATO’s role is to serve as the safety-net that Continue reading...

The military controls much of the political and economic state of Egyptian affairs. Throughout history, the images of Egypt's revolution show that the Egyptian military supported the civil disobedience in Tahrir Square. The recent events in Egypt show that Egyptian military forces maintain opposition to terrorism. Some Egyptians believe that the Muslim Brotherhood can gain unity amongst the Islamic countries in the future and create a united country and free Palestine. However, the fall of Hosni Mubarak, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), brought the military body to avow a peaceful conversion of authority within a democratic Continue reading...

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The present work examines the challenges caused by corruption which is faced by the Arab region states, in particular:
1) the level of bribery in public sector of the Arab countries (the Corruption Perceptions Index and the activity of the Transparency International);
2) the absence of transparency, integrity and fairness in the discharge of functions by the Arab public authorities and the appointment of public officials;
3) high rates of inequality and unemployment between the rich people and the poor;
4) the absence of parliamentary systems and elections for a long period of time;
5) unfair Continue reading...

Impact of social media upon politics has facilitated propagation of free speech in society. Owing to this influence, several nations have witnessed closure of tyrannical dictatorship. The Arab Spring is one such example that exhibits the influence of social media in instigating mass protests. Widely tagged as the Facebook or Twitter revolution, scholars have analyzed over 3 million tweets, YouTube videos and more than thousands of blog posts, and revealed that the social media played a pivotal role in the Arab Spring. The week before Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned, daily tweets surmounted from 2,300 a day to Continue reading...

The Occupy Wall Street Movement is the name given to a protest against the financial institutions and the government policies regulating them. The official date for when the protest began is September 2011, in New York City’s FiDi (Financial District). The movement succeeded in garnering global attention and sparked similar movements throughout the country and the world (Occupy.org, n.p.). The issue at the heart of the movement was the greed that fueled financial workers, and it brought up the issue of the 99% and the 1%. The issue at play was a huge income inequality between the richest Continue reading...

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·         Can you please ensure that all web links in the footnotes work, and lead the reader to the correct cite

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Acknowledgement

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Chapter One: What Kind of Equality Does Sharia Law Provide?

The Problem
Gender Imbalances in the Saudi Arabian Workforce. The Saudi labour market currently presents a series of impressive economic prospects for Saudi Arabia. Moves to improve the Saudi economy through diversification have since earmarked the necessity to raise the value of the Saudi labour market mainly through the improvement of their skills. Mainly possessing a petroleum-based economy bearing the ubiquitous label of being among the largest producers of oil in the world, Saudi Arabia recognizes the need to sustain its economic growth and development through means apart from a highly valuable yet depleting resource. The fact that diversification Continue reading...

Currently, there is confusion about China's role in the Middle East and its relations with Saudi Arabia. In lights of developments (the Arab Spring) that have swept recently in the Middle East and North Africa , the spotlight on China-Saudi relations is of great significance, as it will help in understanding China's role in the Arab world. Additionally there are doubts among many of the ruling elite in the Middle East in general and Saudi Arabia in particular, about the United States' credibility as a strategic ally after they witnessed the speed at which the American administration abandoned its allies Continue reading...

Arab spring is the series of mass street protests, revolutions and internal armed conflicts in several Arab countries, which began in late 2010 in Tunisia and continuing in some countries today. The impetus for the beginning of the protests was the self-immolation of Tunisian street fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi on 18 December 2010. His self-immolation was the protest against the tyranny of the police, who confiscated his goods. Consequently, in Tunisia began mass protests that led to the resignation of the president of Ben Ali on 14 January 2011. The success of the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia gave impetus Continue reading...

1. Why has the economy decreased in Egypt?
The economic downturn of Egypt attributes greatly to the ongoing Arab Spring protests, which first emerged in 2011 following the deposition of longtime president Hosni Mubarak. Having first gained power over Egypt in 1981, Mubarak has introduced a series of economic policies that eventually deprived feasible opportunities for Egyptians, in turn driving many of them towards poverty. Soon thereafter, lack of economic opportunities have led the Egyptian government with little sources of revenue, which would have been instrumental for the introduction of social services for aiding people against poverty.
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ENGL 131

Arabic Spring
The topic of Arab Spring matters a lot in today’s world as it changed the course of Arab world in a short span of time. The Arab Spring started in December 2010 and engulfed the entire Arab world in very short span of time. It overthrew the long established monarchies and dictatorship through public protests and demonstrations ably helped by the social media. Lauri Laker highlights in his article “Arab Spring and Social Media Technology” that the two main actors of the Arab spring, the Arab youth and social media, both worked in coordination against the Continue reading...

Currently, there is confusion about China's role in the Middle East and its relations with Saudi Arabia. In lights of developments (the Arab Spring) that have swept recently in the Middle East and North Africa , the spotlight on China-Saudi relations is of great significance, as it will help in understanding China's role in the Arab world. Additionally there are doubts among many of the ruling elite in the Middle East in general and Saudi Arabia in particular, about the United States' credibility as a strategic ally after they witnessed the speed at which the American administration abandoned its allies Continue reading...

Introduction

The Saudi labour market currently presents a series of impressive economic prospects for Saudi Arabia. Moves to improve the Saudi economy through diversification have since earmarked the necessity to raise the value of the Saudi labour market mainly through the improvement of their skills. Mainly possessing a petroleum-based economy bearing the ubiquitous label of being among the largest producers of oil in the world, Saudi Arabia recognizes the need to sustain its economic growth and development through means apart from a highly valuable yet depleting resource. The fact that diversification necessitates the departure from the usual skills involved in Continue reading...

Part 1

1. Why was control of the region important to the British and French?
The original purpose of the British in controlling the Persian Gulf coast was to protect its strategic sea route to its empire in India. The safety of the region and the coast from piracy and other forms of conflicts, including conflicts between and among sheikdoms, jeopardized the free flow of trade in the region. To ensure the free flow of trade by freeing vital sea routes from piracy and conflicts, the British entered into a treaty with the sheikdoms in the Persian Gulf outlawing war within Continue reading...

Research Paper on

Arabic Spring with Special Focus on Egypt
Arab Spring started in December 2010 and engulfed the entire Arab peninsula in very short span of time. It overthrew the long established monarchies and dictatorship through public protests and demonstrations ably helped by the social media. The main actors in the Arab spring have been the Arab youth and social media and both in coordination fought against the corruption and poverty prevailing in Arab society (Lauri 2). Among many other Arab countries, Egypt has been one country where protestors achieved their goal of overthrowing Hosni Mubarak in a record short time Continue reading...

Lauri Laker. Arab Spring and Social Media Technology. 2013. Web. 10 May. 2014.
The article “Arab Spring and Social Media Technology” written by Lauri Laker describes the role of social media in social awakening of Arab youth in the Arab peninsula. The writer has covered different aspects of Arab spring including the phases of a revolution. In the article, the writer has projected the social media as a force to be reckoned with, as it has helped overthrowing number of dictatorships and monarchies during the Arab Spring. The article is a related to the given topic of Arab spring Continue reading...

Introduction

The 2011 Egyptian Revolution, locally known as January 25 Revolution describes a widespread movement that happened after a popular uprising that started January 25, 2011 (Korotayev A., 2011; Siddique, Owen, & Gabbatt, 2011). The revolution was characterized by the demonstrations, plaza occupations, marches, riots, civil disobedience acts, non-violent civil resistance, and labor strikes. Millions of protesters of different backgrounds insisted of overthrowing Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian President . The violent clashes between protesters and security forces lead at least 846 deaths and 100,000 injured with 90 police stations burned . The protest took place in major towns such as Alexandria and Continue reading...

Abstract

Revolution refers to the drastic changes in the governmental institution, which is carried out by the non-institutional forces. According to Theda Skocpol’s model of revolutions, the revolutions begin with the “Crisis of State” that is initiated by diverse international factors including the security and economic competition from the world. This condition of “crisis of state” is augmented by a second factor that involves the “Class Dominance” that identifies that which group will exploit the situation of revolution. These two basic factors bring about the social revolution. This research will highlight that the model elucidated by Skocpol is an Continue reading...

Introduction

The fictional plot of hunger games has provided its audience with enjoyment and entertainment. However, the same themes that were used in the three novels reflect some of the issues in our society. Of course there is no such thing in the society as the actual hunger games where children starve and fight to death. The topics in the novel however are close to some of the issues that people go through in life. This paper explores how hunger games is connected with the revolution in Arabic spring and real life. Hunger games is not just fictional but is Continue reading...

Philosophy

The republic vIII is very insightful as far as political power and political organizations are concerned. In the book Plato delves deeply into the various forms of political power and political organization and how one form of political organization can morph into a completely different form of political organization which just so happens to have contrasting ideals and principle. A good example is that of a pure democracy morphing into a complete tyranny. The amazing aspect or rather fact about the republic VII is that the ideas presented in the book are completely in line with the political ongoing Continue reading...

English 113B

            Social networking websites form a contemporary medium of communication whereby people from all over the world can interact, make friendship, share ideas and discuss some issues that affect the dynamics of the world we live today. These sites are referred to as social media. Such websites are, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Google + among others. Various opinions are harbored by various individuals, organizations as well as governments on the importance, influence and impact of social networking websites on the contemporary society. Some find social media vital in the circulation of information while others frown on the great influence it has Continue reading...