Revolts in the Arab world: is it bad news for Islamic terrorists?

Authors

  • Eugenio Lilli

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15664/jtr.179

Keywords:

Arab Spring

Abstract

Everything started when a young man set himself on fire in the provincial town of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. Mohamed Bouazizi, this was his name, was selling fruit and vegetables on the street without a license. After a policewoman stopped him and confiscated his cart and produce, he felt so angry and desperate that he took that drastic decision. It was December 17th,2010. Since then a long series of demonstrations, riots and revolts have quickly and unabatedly spread from Tunisia throughout the Arab world. Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Oman and Bahrain, among others, were all affected in one way or another by these events. Tunisia’s President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted and Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak experienced the same fate.

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Published

2011-04-07

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011)

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Opinion Pieces

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