Before getting into my research on Arab Spring, I
wasn’t too familiar on what I was going to find. As I looked it up I came to
know that the Arab spring was an event that happened back in 2010 over in the
Arab world and continues to go on till this day in different parts of the
country such as in the Middle East and also a continuation in North Africa.
Arab spring was a revolutionary wave of different demonstrations and protests,
such as riots and civil wars. Some of these protests had no violence involved
with them but for the most part it was a mess of violence throughout this time.
The reason that these protestors were so mad was because of the unfairness of
the security, the ridiculous amount of unemployment, and the rising prices on
everything. Although these are hard things to deal with in life, I firmly
believe that it could have been handled in a different manner, riots and
fighting never is the answer, this matter should be handled by the government
through good communication and compromising on an agreement.
These
protestors used social media to their advantage and used it most effectively to
communicate to the people as well as organizing them into groups and areas and
also by raising awareness in the face of state attempts at repression and
internet censorship. Social media and digital technologies allowed citizens in
these areas that were affected by the Arab Uprisings for collective activism to
avoid the state operated media channels. The amount of social media that was
used indicates the kind of people that were powering the Arab Spring. It was
young people who fueled these riots by using the new generation’s abilities of
social networking to release this information to not only the Arab nations but
to nations all over the world.
I
think that some of the pros of the Arab Spring is that there is no more full
control by one party or person. Instead of blindly following other leaders or
countries we can have our freedom and not be forced to do things that seem
un-justice. On the other hand it is never a good idea to start civil wars,
riots or to have disagreements or any kind of violence between the government
and other countries, but having chaos for a little while is sometimes necessary
in order to make things right. These things definitely are going to take some
time to overcome but I think it’s something that needs to happen or no one is
ever going to change and the horrible leaders will continue in their ways
corrupting the world. At this point is the only time I think war is appropriate
because it’s the only way to put a stop to it.
“Chronic
instability in countries undergoing political transitions have put additional
strain on struggling local economies, and deep divisions have emerged between
the Islamists and secular Arabs.” These Arab countries are amongst the poorest
countries and have a rapid population growth, slow economy and weak
governments. People just expected that things would change just in the blink of
an eye if the authoritarian regimes were replaced with stable democratic
systems across the region. They thought that the removal of corrupt rulers
would instantly improve their living standards. Things just don’t work out like
that, first of all it takes time to get those leaders out of their positions
and to also change the mindset of the people of the community that were
following these leaders. Then a new leader that has good values, and is highly
respected and can show people that they can trust in him must come into
position and completely turn things around. People need to realize that these
things take time and don’t happen without much thought and effort and unity of
everyone to be put into this cause.
For almost two
generations, waves of democracy had swept over other regions, from southern and
eastern Europe to Latin America, from East Asia to Africa. But not the Middle
East. Tyrants shut down the political world and became owners of their
countries. There was terrible rulers and a terrorist fringe. “Arabs had started
to feel they were cursed, doomed to despotism. The region's exceptionalism was
becoming not just a human disaster but a moral embarrassment.” In all the Arab
spring was something that had to happen in order to make changes in those
countries and I understand that it takes time but it should have been resolved
already and it needs to be stopped.
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