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    The Arab Spring was the series of independent revolutions that spread across the Arabian World in 2011. The sudden desire to rebel was similar to the French mentality after witnessing the American Revolution. The Arab Spring is still going strong in Many countries today.

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    The Arab Spring was the series of independent revolutions that spread across the Arabian World in 2011. The sudden desire to rebel was similar to the French mentality after witnessing the American Revolution. The Arab Spring is still going strong in Many countries today.

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    The Arab Spring was the series of independent revolutions that spread across the Arabian World in 2011. The sudden desire to rebel was similar to the French mentality after witnessing the American Revolution. The Arab Spring is still going strong in Many countries today.

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    ARABSPRINGANALYSIS

    WhenMohammedBouazizisethimselfonfireonDecember17th,2010,hedidnot
    mostlylikelythinkthathisactionswouldleadtoarevolution.Earlierthatday,Bouazizi,a26
    yearoldTunisianman,wasbeatenbythepoliceandhiscartwasconfiscatedbecausehedidnt
    haveapermit.Beingareasonableman,hewenttothemunicipalcourttofileacomplaint,where
    hewasignored.Hesethimselfonfirenotlongafter,settinginmotionafierymovementthat
    spreadacrossTunisiaandeventuallythewholeMiddleEast.ThismovementwascalledtheArab
    Spring.
    TheArabSpringwastheseriesofindependentrevolutionsthatspreadacrosstheArabian
    Worldin2011,andsomemayargueitisstillgoingontoday.Itsorigin?TheTunisian
    Revolution,ortheJasmineRevolution.Bouazizisactofselfimmolationsparkedsmallscale
    demonstrationsinhishometown,andthenewsalongwithprotestsquicklyspreadacrossTunisia.

    Bouazizi'sactofdesperationhighlightsthepublic'sboilingfrustrationoverlivingstandards,
    policeviolence,rampantunemployment,andalackofhumanrights,saidAlJazeeraEnglish,a
    popularmultimediacompany.MajorityofTunisiansagreedwiththisstatementandplannedto
    overthrowPresidentZi
    neElAbidineBenAli,andthecorruptionandharshpoliciesthat
    followedhim.Whenthearmedforcesrefusedtostrikedowntheprotests,BenAliwasforcedto
    leavethecountry.
    Manycountriesfollowedsuit:Egypt,Libya,Yemen,Bahrain,Syria,Morocco,Jordan,
    etc..Themovementspreadlikewildfire,andthesuddendesiretorebelwassimilartotheFrench
    mentalityafterwitnessingtheAmericanRevolution.LiketheFrench,theystartedtorealizethat
    itwaspossibletoreformtheirgovernmentandlivealifetheydesired.Butlikealways,theplans

    torenewtheircountriesandwayoflifewasntverysmoothoreffortless.EventhoughTunisia
    hadsuccessfullygotridoftheirformerpresidentandranaparliamentaryelection,theinstability
    ofthecountrycontinuedforawhile,andisjustrecoveringandifnot,isstillinthreatofbeing
    unstable.Othercountriesalsoexperiencedandarestillexperiencingtheunsteadytransitionstate
    aftertherevolution.InLibya,thevictoryover
    Col.MuammaralQaddafisdeath,thelongest
    runningrulerinAfrica,wasshortlivedwhenitlefttheircentralgovernmentweakandexposed
    politicalviolenceandreligiousextremismcontinuestocorrodetheexhaustedcountry.InYemen,
    civilwarhasrecentlybrokenoutbetweenthecurrentpresidentandrebelgroups.Similarly,Syria
    hasalsobrokeintoanalloutcivilwarbetweenPresidentAssadandvariousrebelgroups,
    includingthereligiousextremistgroupcalledISIS.
    ThecurrentviolenceintheMiddleEastisaconsequenceoftheeventsoftheArab
    Springtheconsequencesofunresolvedinstability,corruption,malnutrition,employment,and
    more.ThebrutalandviolenthistoryoftheMiddleEasthasscarredcountriesandmadeithard
    forthemtochangestrictpasttraditionsandmethods.Thisdoesnothelpwhentheworldaround
    themisconstantlychanging.TherevolutionoftheArabianworldhasbeenprovenagreat
    challenge,andinsomecountries,suchasYemenandSyriadoesnotseemtobemakingany
    progress.Buthopeisnotlost,countrieslikeTunisiaandEgypthavemadesomeprogressand
    showapromisingfuture.Althoughitdoesnotseemlikeprogress,changedoesntnotnecessarily
    happenovernight,especiallyinrevolutions.Forinstance,theFrenchRevolutiontookdecades,
    andtheirgovernmentwasnotstableforaextensiveamountoftime.

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