In December 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian Street Food Vendor, set himself on fire. He did this to protest harassment by municipal authorities. This single act became the well known trigger for the protests which led to the overthrowing / ousting of the Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Tunisia was simply the opening act of the Arab Spring, a long running drama that changed the History of the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 and 2012.
The reasons for the unrest in this region (as pointed out by analysts) are:
- corrupt dictatorships
- the rising expectations and frustrations of the large populations of unemployed and underemployed youth
- the catalytic role of social media like twitter and facebook.
The root cause however was the sharply rising food prices. The rising commodity prices provided the reason for the Uprising or the Arab Spring.
The rise in local food prices led to bread riots across Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen, Egypt and Morocco.
A month before the fall of the Egyptian and Tunisian regimes, the United Nations reported record high prices for meat, dairy, sugar and cereal, in 2011.
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Tunisia was simply the opening act of the Arab Spring, a long running drama that changed the History of the Middle East and North Africa in 2011 and 2012.
The reasons for the unrest in this region (as pointed out by analysts) are:
- corrupt dictatorships
- the rising expectations and frustrations of the large populations of unemployed and underemployed youth
- the catalytic role of social media like twitter and facebook.
The root cause however was the sharply rising food prices. The rising commodity prices provided the reason for the Uprising or the Arab Spring.
The rise in local food prices led to bread riots across Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen, Egypt and Morocco.
A month before the fall of the Egyptian and Tunisian regimes, the United Nations reported record high prices for meat, dairy, sugar and cereal, in 2011.
To read more about Role of Social Media in Uprisings click here
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