Essays on Ben Ali

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 ...

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 not ...

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 230,000 ...

Aside from its rich culture and history, the Middle East or the Arab region is also known for its complex political regimes and cultures that is often seen as a religious conformist system that differs from the widely practiced democratic Western system. These Arab regimes are also known for practicing autocratic rule, which is often criticized by the globe for its oppressive rule and the lack of concern to people’s rights and needs. Decades of struggle and continuous conflict marred the region, leaving many helpless against these powerful regimes. However, as the international community remained powerless over these autocratic ...

The Arab Spring and its Effect on the Arab Economy

Introduction Without a doubt, the evolution of the Arab spring has indicated a challenge based on country’s political and economical long-standing notions of stability as it caused a crisis in not only different countries economies, but also political domain. This is because; it influenced the structures of democratization and economic growth of countries such as Libya Egypt, as well as Tunisia that experienced almost concurrently the effects of the Arab spring evolution. For many the Arab spring, remained as one of the drastic eruption of democracy movements that took place in the twenty first century across the Middle East and ...

The Arab world has been experiencing political revolt in the past few years because of a sense of awakening which has developed within. More and more citizens of these Arab countries are demanding for democracy, freedom of speech and greater public participation in the way they are governed. These revolts have led to some governments getting toppled after periods of relentless public demonstrations. This paper is going to talk about the revolts that have occurred in Arab countries and the likely results that are expected to be experienced out of these revolts.

The Arab revolt begun in Tunisia after there ...

Robyn Wright has been considered by some as one of the best journalists covering the Arab world; the opinion is based on her several decades of writing about the region. Kakutani (2011) claims Wright has an intimate knowledge of the region and has the experience to write knowledgably on the subject (para. 5). Wright has traveled throughout the regions of the world where the Islam religion is the most popularly worshipped religion. From 1973 until now she has traveled to most of the fifty seven nations to report on explosive events which she describes as “wars, military coups, revolutions, ...

Manifesto:

The constitution amendments in the Arab countries in order to provide less powers for presidents and reduce their ruling span to ensure fair running of the countries resources. There is need for creation of anti-corruption bodies to investigate past corruption cases in order to bring justice and eradicate corruption among other leaders through equal distribution of resources among the regions in the country. The natural resources should be equally allocated to all regions to ensure a balance in the national cake. These will boost development because firms and industries will be set up in all regions that will eventually create job ...

THESIS STATEMENT

In the wake of the Jasmine Revolution, Tunisia has a great deal to repair, especially in terms of its economy; however, the ousting of Ben Ali affords the Tunisian people to create a more equalized and profitable country.

INTRODUCTION

In December 2010, a rash of organized riots and street demonstrations led to the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, removing the longtime President, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, from power, the former leader fleeing to Saudi Arabia. This has precipitated a vast number of changes in the Tunisian political landscape, as well as its economic situation. A move like this surprised a great many people, who were ...