Arab SpringMia Bernier - Mark Abdelmessih

What is Arab Spring?

Here are the faces of men that did not care about their people.

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Tunisia)

Hosni Mubarak (Egypt)

Muammar Gaddafi (Libya)

Bashar Al-Assad (Syria)

Ali Saleh (Yemen)

Tunisia

Tunisia

A street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire after being humiliated by municipal officers. President of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, visited Bouazizi

days later.

Mohamed Bouazizi Sidi Bouzid

Tunisia

A Google Trends report shows a spike in Mohamed Bouazizi and Sidi Bouzid searches around the time of Bouazizi’s self-immolation. As soon as the act

happened, citizens rushed the streets, protesting their government.

Google Trends

Tunisia

Tweets broadcasted updates on what was happening in Tunisia, when local news stations did not. President Ben Ali fled the country and the Tunisian Revolution

was seen as a success.

Tunisia

Civilians used YouTube to upload graphic videos of what was happening on the streets of Tunisia to help shine light on it.

Tunisia

A year later, Mohamed Bouazizi’s life was still celebrated. He became a symbol of hope. These posters are hung at the location of his self-immolation.

Egypt

Egypt

A similar incident happened with Khaled Said, a 28-year-old who was in a cyber café when he was dragged outside and beaten to death by police

officers.

Egypt

A caricature was created showing Khaled Said, representing the Egyptian Revolution, arresting President Mubarak.

This is the Facebook event that called for people to protest on January 25th. Title translation: “The Day of Revolution Against Torture, Poverty, Corruption and

Unemployment.”

Egypt

Internet Shut Down

Egypt

This graphical representation of the hashtag #jan25 illustrates the effect of the internet shut down by Egypt’s government.

Google Trends

Egypt

A great deal of people took to Twitter to react to the internet shut down.

Egypt

This tweet explains how Egyptians used different social media platforms to spark a revolution.

In 2011, one of our presenters, Mark, participated in one of the protests in Egypt.

Egypt

Any Questions?Thank you

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