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A document stamped 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018086' containing a reprint of a Guardian article by Ian Black dated June 17, 2011. The article discusses the progress and impact of the 'Arab Spring' six months after it began in Tunisia, analyzing the political situations in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Jordan, and Yemen. It highlights the common factors of youth unemployment and corruption driving the unrest across the region.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ian Black | Author/Journalist |
Author of The Guardian article.
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| Mohammed Bouazizi | Figurehead |
Young Tunisian who started the Arab Spring by burning himself to death in December 2010.
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| Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali | Former President of Tunisia |
Fled into Saudi exile.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| The Guardian |
Publisher of the article.
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| al-Qaida |
Mentioned as having a small but alarming presence in Yemen.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018086'.
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Timeline (3 events)
Locations (10)
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Origin of the Jasmine revolution.
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Mentioned in context of shattered status quo.
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Mentioned in context of shattered status quo.
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Where revolution erupted days after Ben Ali's flight.
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Place of exile for Ben Ali.
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Seen sporadic unrest but no uprising.
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Cited regarding dictators' fightbacks.
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Cited regarding dictators' fightbacks.
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Protests galvanised by events in Cairo.
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Specific location: Tahrir Square.
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Relationships (1)
Bouazizi's death triggered the revolution that led to Ben Ali's flight.
Key Quotes (3)
"Tunisia's Jasmine revolution will always be remembered as the event that triggered the Arab spring"Source
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"The decision by the army to dump the president and not crush the protests was a vital lesson for the Egyptian generals."Source
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"Where the Arab spring will end is anyone's guess"Source
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Quote #3
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Article 1.
The Guardian
Where the Arab spring will end is
anyone's guess
Ian Black
The Guardian
Where the Arab spring will end is
anyone's guess
Ian Black
June 17, 2011 -- Tunisia's Jasmine revolution will always be
remembered as the event that triggered the Arab spring, which has
shattered the status quo from Libya to Syria and is widely seen as the
biggest transformative event of the 21st century so far. But, six
months on, progress has been patchy.
Mohammed Bouazizi, the young Tunisian who started it all by
burning himself to death in December 2010, had his desperate
imitators in Egypt, where revolution erupted days after Zine el-
Abidine Ben Ali's flight into Saudi exile; and in Jordan, which has
seen sporadic unrest but no uprising.
But if the politics of the Arab spring are local, many factors are
common across: young people angry and frustrated at the lack of
freedoms, opportunities and jobs, unaccountable and corrupt
governments, cronyism and, in a few places, grinding poverty.
Rich and poor alike lived in fear of the secret police. But Tunisia, one
of the most repressive regimes, fell quickly. The decision by the army
to dump the president and not crush the protests was a vital lesson for
the Egyptian generals. The alternative is the cruelty of the dictators'
fightbacks in Tripoli and Damascus. Regional differences were
ignored in the chain reaction that followed. Yemen's protests were
galvanised by the drama in Cairo's Tahrir Square but they also
involved tribalism, elite rivalry and a small but alarming al-Qaida
presence against a background of resource depletion and fear of state
remembered as the event that triggered the Arab spring, which has
shattered the status quo from Libya to Syria and is widely seen as the
biggest transformative event of the 21st century so far. But, six
months on, progress has been patchy.
Mohammed Bouazizi, the young Tunisian who started it all by
burning himself to death in December 2010, had his desperate
imitators in Egypt, where revolution erupted days after Zine el-
Abidine Ben Ali's flight into Saudi exile; and in Jordan, which has
seen sporadic unrest but no uprising.
But if the politics of the Arab spring are local, many factors are
common across: young people angry and frustrated at the lack of
freedoms, opportunities and jobs, unaccountable and corrupt
governments, cronyism and, in a few places, grinding poverty.
Rich and poor alike lived in fear of the secret police. But Tunisia, one
of the most repressive regimes, fell quickly. The decision by the army
to dump the president and not crush the protests was a vital lesson for
the Egyptian generals. The alternative is the cruelty of the dictators'
fightbacks in Tripoli and Damascus. Regional differences were
ignored in the chain reaction that followed. Yemen's protests were
galvanised by the drama in Cairo's Tahrir Square but they also
involved tribalism, elite rivalry and a small but alarming al-Qaida
presence against a background of resource depletion and fear of state
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