The Egyptian revolution that occurred in 2011 has several lessons from which Egyptians and the international community can learn from. The revolution was characterized by violent events such as riots, demonstrations, plaza occupations, and civil resistance that were agitated by political, economical, and social factors (Abdou 93). Initial protests were stirred up by nationalism where individuals and organizations of different religious and cultural backgrounds had the common interests of fighting for social justice, freedom of all Egyptians, and respect for human dignity, which had been violated by autocratic regimes. Despite the high level of optimism held by Egyptians prior to the revolution, the outcome of the event has given a promise of further economic, social, and religious difficulties that the majority of the revolutionists failed to forecast before demanding for human rights through violence. Although the primary objectives of the Egyptian revolution were positive, it aroused the emotions of many people and motivated the growth of religious radicalization.
The Egyptian revolution was conducted by individuals and organizations of different religious, political, and economic backgrounds, but the subsequent transition process took the religious alignment. The increase in power of the Islamic groups posed the challenges of harmonizing ideologies for the purpose of formulating a national vision that would lead the country through political, economic, and social transition. Research shows that the Egyptian revolution changed the initial focus of Semitism from political to religious, which provides an opportunity for religious, especially the Islamic radicalization to thrive (Hamid 199). In addition, the fact that the majority...
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...dicalization. The revolutionists intended to bring the democratic leadership that would respect human rights, give the Egyptians the freedom of expression, and economic stability. The revolution was driven by individuals and organizations from different religious and political backgrounds, but it provided an opportunity for extremist organizations (such as the Muslim Brotherhood), which had established structures to flourish. This is one of the forces that the revolutionists failed to foresee, thus subjecting Egypt to the risk of further religious, social, and economic deterioration. It changed the lives of many, including me and ultimately changed me as a person. The events that occurred during the revolution (including the mass killings and rape) were the emotional arousing while the increase in radicalization raises fears about the security status in Egypt.
A revolution by definition is “a forcible, irregular, popularly supported change in the governing regime” (Van Inwegen 2011, p. 4). The Egyptian Revolution lasted a little over two weeks however, the revolution left thousands jailed and injured. The Egyptian Revolution was part of the Arab Spring, a period of time in which multiple Islamic countries across North Africa and the Middle East rose up against the tyrannical rule of dictators and martial law. The Egyptian Revolution’s main goal was to
The Egyptian revolution was started like any other revolution; the people had a problem with the unfairness of the government. Hosni Mubarak had been in power for 30 years nearly half a lifetime of control. There were multiple attempts to remove him from power, but they were stopped with military force. Near the end of his rule he began to express excessive control of the politics of his people. Declaring that no religious associated groups would be able to hold any political power, with this law
The definition of revolution is an overthrow of a government in favor of a new one. Two significant revolutions are the American and Egyptian Revolutions. There were numerous momentous reasons to revolt but the most compelling were that the colonists were ready to rid of British rule in the American Revolution, and the Egyptians were through with Mubarak’s regime and wanted democracy. Though centuries apart these revolutions hold many similarities and differences in terms of reasons to revolt, methods
The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 was very similar to the American revolution. In Both these revolutions they wanted change. In the American revolution the result was colonies getting their independence from Great Britain. At the end of the Egyptian Revolution, Egypt changed their leader, and ended a corrupt government. The meaning of a revolution is overthrow of the government by the people. These revolutions are similar but the American revolution consisted of 8 years and battles such as the Battle
How are the Egyptian revolution and the Russian revolution related? Egypt, which is where most Middle Eastern live had a devastating revolution which had almost 870 deaths and 6000 injuries. Russia although had more deaths during the Russian revolution almost 20000 deaths and 10000 injuries. It was hard for the Russians to count how many deaths because they can think the people were from the war. The Egyptian revolution and the Russian revolution from doctor Zhivago can be related but they also are
Four years ago, in 2011, during the Egyptian Revolution, son of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak unintentionally started a huge dispute between some businesses and some religions, which became the main cause of the Egyptian Revolution. At one point, Muslims started praying on the streets of downtown Egypt. Christians felt the need to protect them from all possible harm, and the Christians
2011, Egypt dissolved into protests--a revolution thirty years in the making. The quasi-middle class (not comparable to the American standard of a middle class) of college educated youths and the working class united based on the culmination of years of corruption and abuse and the sparks that the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution and the 2011 Alexandria New Year’s Day bombings represented. The “Five Stages of Revolution” model can be applied to Egypt’s revolution, as well as some aspects of the J. Brown
Ahmed Mrs. Carter January 7th 2014 “Similarities between the Egyptian Revolution 2011 and Animal Farm” In writing animal farm, Orwell was trying to show his readers why the animals revolted against their master. Also, the Egyptian Revolution that began on January 25, 2011, showed the world why the Egyptians revolted against their president. The Egyptian revolution parallels Animal Farm in three main ways: rejecting the unfair rule, using a successful method of terror used, and creating powerful
Whether it be the American Revolution or the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution or the Cuban Revolution, the term holds a universal definition - the deposition of an oppressive regime in exchange for a more desired government. Rebellions have pioneered many new techniques for distributing information and rallying support, such as Paine’s invigorating pamphlets or Lenin’s provocative speeches. More recently in the twentieth and twenty-first century, however, the pamphlets and commentaries of
Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions “They are both ONE uprising. One world, one revolution. Often people think in terms of “Contagion” or something. But, in reality, we have been ready, we people of the Internet, for a revolution to start anywhere in the Arab world. We’ve been supporting each other and trying hard since a long time, and you know how important Internet was for the revolution” replied, the Tunisian Minister of Youth and Sports , Slim Amamou when asked about the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions
lives of women by sexually harassing them and limited the Egyptians’ freedom to express their opinions. Sexual harassment is not a new phenomenon in Egypt, but has been increasing, especially after January the 25th revolution. “99.3% of the Egyptian women have been subjected to sexual harassment either at work, public transportations, or in streets” (Peuchaud, 2014). Being Egyptian and a woman who lived through the 25th of January revolution, I have witnessed a lot of victims of sexually harassed women
with government, human rights violations, poverty, and other factors. Countries where this is an issue include Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Sudan. One of the countries hit hardest by the revolution was Egypt. What is often called “the spark that started it all,” occurred on December 17, 2011 in Tunisia. A street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire to protest the corruption of the government. (Arab Spring, 2013) The 26 year old
People want a new government to replace the Mubarak government and to end the corruption happened in the government. Egyptians want to change their living conditions. People gathered into major cities center and protest the government. Later, Mubarak government was pushed away by the military. And the military lays out a new plan to let people do a election to elect a new
world news and public opinions. “The global media landscape in the first decade of the twenty-first century represents a complex terrain of multi-vocal, multimedia and multi-directional flows” (Thussu 376). Although social media has spurred many revolutions and brought together like-minded thinkers, it still proves to be a difficult terrain to navigate and even more difficult to harness its power for long-standing democracy. In the article "Social Media: Destroyer or Creator?" and Wael Ghonim’s TED
influential in shaping the future status of the government and audiences in the affected countries. Therefore, knowledge on the manner in which media coverage influenced a... ... middle of paper ... ...s encouraged all Arab nations to engage in the revolution (Ottaway and Choucair-Vizoso 78). So far, some Arabic countries are still in Arab Spring due to the influence of international media and other global human right activists. Recent survey further confirms that the ideologies communicated by local