The “Arab Spring “ is a sequence of revolutionary uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. Tunisia was the first country to endure protest in December 2010. Mohamed Bouazizi, a young street merchant, set himself on fire in front in Tunisia’s capital after his food cart was taken from him. Mohamed’s self-immolation sparked various violent street demonstrations, which later resulted in the fall of their president and government. News about Mohamed and the uprising in Tunisia quickly spread with the help of social networking. The Internet helped accelerate the social protest. Eventually over fifteen fellow countries began to protest against their corrupt governments, unemployment, inflation, and human right violations. Citizens hoped to achieve democracy, human rights, and regime change. Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Libya are four different countries that have over thrown their governments while others continuing to protest against their governments. Due to the social media, the Arab Spring has received much support from fellow nations and has begun to influence other nations. The “Arab Spring” is slowly beginning to influence South Asia and India along with Latin America to rise up against their governments.
Rebels in Egypt grew significantly more powerful shortly after the revolution in Tunisia. The Egyptian revolution was more violent than the Tunisian Revolution, but it successfully ousted former President Hosni Mubarak after several weeks. Since Mubarak's removal, the nation has moved toward a new constitution, and is currently ruled by a military government. A presidential election is expected to occur in late summer, 2012, with several Islamist candidates expected to do well.
The Libyan civil war began immediately on the heels of the Egyptian Revolution, and considerably more violent. Rebels in Libya began a civil war against President Muammar Gaddafi, and received support from Europe and the U.S. Gaddafi was an enemy of Europe and the U.S. for...