The Arab Spring

1- Which country took the lead of the Arab Spring revolutions?

Tunisia sparked it.

TUNISIA

TUNISIA

What does the flag represent?1- Red: The blood of Tunisian martyrs.2- White : Peace and safety. 3- Crescent: Being part of the Arab World.4- Star: The five pillars of Islam.

Why do people usually revolt? Bread ( satisfactory standard of

living). Freedom. Social justice. Human dignity.

What sparked the Tunisian revolution?

Poor living conditions Unemployment Food inflation Corruption Lack of freedom Mohammed Bouazizihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh3TqJ7ILIQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8jeGtBkDo

The ex-Tunisian president, Ben Ali

7th Nov 1987 – 14th Jan 2011

Egypt

Egypt

What does the Egyptian flag represent?It dates back to the 1952 Revolution.• Red: struggle against monarchy.• White: Bloodless nature of the revolution.• Black: The end of oppression.

What sparked the Egyptian Revolution

The success of the Tunisian Revolution. Planning to pass the power down to the

president’s son. Corruption. Bad living conditions. State of emergency laws. Lack of free elections and political freedom. Police brutality. ( Khaled Said)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7vwdIsXc4Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA92XQ8NBJw

The ex-Egyptian president, Hossni Mubarak

Appointed vice president to Sadat in 1975.

President 14th Oct 1981 – 11th Feb 2011. The revolution began 25th Jan 2011 The Supreme Council of the Armed

Forces took over a transitional period 11th Feb 2011 – 29th June 20012

The ex-Egyptian and first elected president, Mohammed Morsi

• A member of the Muslim Brotherhood and the head of the right political party Freedom and Justice.

• The first fairly and honestly elected Egyptian president ever.

• 30th June 2012 - 3rd July 2013• Became president with a 51% of the total

voting participating people.

The Challenges he faced

1) The of Mubarak’s 30-year-old regime.2) The SCAF . !!! How?!3) Judiciary system4) The dissolution of the fairly elected

parliament.5) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/

africaandindianocean/egypt/9332783/Egypts-military-accused-of-complete-coup-after-supreme-court-ruling.html

6) Mass media.7) The pressing needs of the people.8) The inherited economic problems.

As a result ……

1. He failed / made to fail ( you can decide later)2. Millions of people signed a paper asking him to give

up power. Who were those people?!3. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces El Sisi

sided with people and ousted the president.4. He appointed the head of the Supreme Constitutional

Court as a transitional president. Do you know his name?!

5. He confirmed that the Armed Forces had no greed in power.

6. He asked the people to give him accreditation to fight the likely to happen terrorism by Morsi supporters.

25th Jan V 30th June

25th Jan 2011: All the people were against the regime

of Hosni Mubarak. 30th June the people were divided into two

peoples: Supporters to Morsi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3hX

K4ETrow Opposers to Morsi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vm8

UEph-cQ

Comparison

Tahrir Square ( opposers)Rabia Square ( supporters)

Rabia Square

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2013_Rabaa_Massacre

Punishing whoever raises RABIA Symbolhttp://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/05/egyptian-father-says-his-jailed-daughter-was-raised-to-speak-her-mind-freely/

http://www.rferl.org/content/egypt-four-finger-salute/25085068.html

What’s next ?!

-The new constitution was made by an appointed committee after the suspension of the constitution which was written by an elected committee in Morsi’s age.- The new constitution passed by 92% of the participating voters.- Even secular activists are arrested http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25484064

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/10569259/Arrest-of-No-campaign-activists-on-eve-of-referendum-in-Egypt.html

-The transitional president promotes Sisi to Field Marshal !!!http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/27/from-field-marshals-montgomery-to-el-sissi-a-history-of-the-militarys-most-misleading-rank/

Sending people even children to jail

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/10640565/Egypt-has-detained-thousands-on-dubious-charges-since-Mohammed-Morsi-overthrown.html

A documentary movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPo7XsMjLHc

The Egyptian revolutionary graffiti

The Egyptian revolutionary graffiti

The Egyptian revolutionary graffiti

The Egyptian revolutionary graffiti

Best of luck to Egypt and its people !!!!!

ByRezk Amer

Columbus International High School

TCLP 2013/2014

EGYPT