Tunisian Revolution
Dictatorships in Middle Eastern countries causes mayhem in society. Some of these dictators have ruled for decades. Pro-democracy movements were in place to overthrow the corrupt dictatorships.
President Zine el-Abedin Ben Ali was menacing dictator who had a brutal police force. Mohammad Bouazizi had a fruit cart that was not legally registered. The police were specifically rude to him, one police woman slapped him in the face. This very much upset Mohammad and in protest of this unequal treatment, he set himself on fire in front of the government building. Mohammad survived for about two weeks in a hospital after his self-immolation. While Mohammad was in the hospital recovering he was visited by Zine el-Abedin Ben Ali. The shift of political power was reinforced by social networking and new technologies.
President Zine el-Abedin Ben Ali was menacing dictator who had a brutal police force. Mohammad Bouazizi had a fruit cart that was not legally registered. The police were specifically rude to him, one police woman slapped him in the face. This very much upset Mohammad and in protest of this unequal treatment, he set himself on fire in front of the government building. Mohammad survived for about two weeks in a hospital after his self-immolation. While Mohammad was in the hospital recovering he was visited by Zine el-Abedin Ben Ali. The shift of political power was reinforced by social networking and new technologies.
Zine el-Abedin Ben Ali, on January 14, 2011, was exiled from Saudi Arabia for leading acts of police brutality, and was put in jail for life.
Twitter post regarding Mohammad:
Mishaal Al Gergawi @algergawi
Mohammed Bouazizi's suicide wasn't an act of bravery but one of pure desperation. One doesn't set himself on fire out of valor.
10:26 AM - 14 Jan 2011
Twitter post regarding Mohammad:
Mishaal Al Gergawi @algergawi
Mohammed Bouazizi's suicide wasn't an act of bravery but one of pure desperation. One doesn't set himself on fire out of valor.
10:26 AM - 14 Jan 2011
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Crawly, Phillep. "Year in Hashtags- Tweets from the Arab Spring." The Globe and Mail. 18 Dec. 2011. Web. 12 Mar. 2015.
"Fresh Fierce Clashes in Tunisia as Cops Fire Tear Gas, Govt Dismissed." YouTube. YouTube. Web. 12 Mar. 2015.
Gelles, David. "The Arab Spring: A Year Of Revolution." NPR. NPR, 17 Dec. 2011. Web. 13 Mar. 2015.
Goldstein, Eric. "Before the Arab Spring, the Unseen Thaw | Human Rights Watch."Before the Arab Spring, the Unseen Thaw | Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch, 1 Jan. 2012. Web. 13 Mar. 2015.
Mohamed Bouazizi (Wikipedia)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi
"Mohamed Bouazizi." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 12 Mar. 2015
Naar, Ismaeel. "Timeline: Arab Spring." - Al Jazeera English. Alijazeera, 17 Dec. 2013. Web. 12 Mar. 2015.
Ramdani, Nabila. "Greed of the Tunisian President's Wife That Drove a Nation onto the Streets to Start a Revolution." Daily Mail Online. January 17, 2011. Accessed March 13, 2015.