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a decade ago, people in various countries rose up against the authoritarian regimes. it was the start of the arab spring. for years, despotic leaders had ruled their nations like their own personal property. seeing their power threatened, they struck back with brutality. but despite the odds and the popular uprisings continued to spread, we all was the same thing, dignity justice, and bred on the table. several ailing regimes collapsed. the people were kicking out the dictators. i dream wilson ever been decided religious extremists joined the power struggle. their goal was not democracy,

but and islamic state civil war broke out as countries also became prey to foreign influence. i've never been, all we have is right now even every day yesterday or today the arab ring has mainly loses, loses a civil society 10 years on what is the legacy of the arab spring. given the countless pe tallies and victims of war and displacement. the what the arab spring of failure the, the

cdc, a town and central tunisia became world famous as the cradle of the protests that sparked the arab spring. the 23 year long regime of president xen, aberdeen ban ali, had ground down the impoverished rural population. of the gulf there, every day we were aware of how disastrously economic situation was in the last days have been the rule of so much poverty. everything was getting more expensive than we were on the constant pressure of that. can you look at that? the more farmers were fighting for survival, their average earnings of 5 years a day were barely enough to feed their families. some just about managed to get by selling goods to the market, but many couldn't afford the stall fees. then the police would confiscate their goods. the vendors faced arbitrary harassment at the hands of officials

and experience. mohammed was easy, suffered repeatedly the young st fender dreamed of a different life is relative say, but then came the day and 2010 that changed everything. wilma, i'm against me. will you get december? the 17th was the day that brought things to a head home. it was insulted by the police not for the 1st time. and i was not the 1st time that the officers confiscated his goods at leisure. he'll america relate to demand justice. he went to the town hall nic and he wanted to explain to the official what he had to provide for his family. how was the bureaucrats wouldn't listen to him if he didn't, he passed the entry no matter what sort of allow you to start him. i am all of a sudden himself from fire any. most of the other manase

mohammed cc doused himself with gas to lean in front of the government building in an act of desperation. the doctors were unable to save him. he died after spending 18 days in a coma. what might have been happening from them a minute definite, a web with the share that with me mohammed was easy, like many of his generation, had been unable to find a steady job. he was just 26 years old. his death sent shock waves through tunisia for many. it was the signal for a revolution. also for his cousin kaya this was going to santa

kenton company. so you can get mohammed state was the trigger for all of us. we will no longer afraid, we will all angry and humble bodies, said the there were many reasons to start a revolution of the room. and then this happened the day after mohammed was easy, set himself a light people and see the boys ead took to the streets. the victim had been one of their own. mm. in the capital tennis, the ruling class realized too late. how explosive, the situation had become in rural regions. the rich and powerful residing on the mediterranean coast, where an oligarchy that had emerged under tunisia as authoritarian president, ban ali had ruled the country with an iron fist since 1987. he

promised tunisians prosperity. but his family and his friends ruthlessly exploited the country. mm. the news that mohammed was easiest death then reached the capital. the young man's act of self immolation prompted people and soonest to hit the streets. in previous years, there had already been repeated protests about poverty and rampant corruption. the new hopes that people would really trust us this before and really revolved so we could put pressure on the system and it looks like that on make an alley go away and we've been on the move. mr. can we really want to overthrow the system and see it to my new combination of us out of here at the time, molig katie was the spokesman for a student organization. the young people took to the streets, side by side with workers and teachers. and the demonstrators assembled in front of

the headquarters of the countries main trade union where they were relatively safe from the police. the regime was responding to the protests with increasingly bloody crackdowns. but the unrest escalated video showing the victims of police violence circulated throughout tunisia. social media served as an accelerant for the arab sprain. the blogger, lina been ma haney, was a prominent face of protests. all the moments i experienced in organic sidney proceed. and catherine are indelibly burned into my memory. instead of the one thing i will never forget was the parents of a boy who had just been shot. i don't care. sister,

mother and father were sitting around his body in their living room. on the, on the to family wanted the blogger to document the crimes of the been all the regime lena ban. mccaney had previously published critical reports on the government on her website, a donation girl. she then included the video of the dead boy. for many tunisians, her posts were more trustworthy than the official news. she turned social media into a non violent weapon in the fight against oppression. johnson and his actual jail with the internet, everything changed. you could suddenly reach a lot of people before that it was not possible to act and express yourself so quickly to broadcast and live to film and share videos such as

the protests of earlier years had been crushed by the regime. but this time that wouldn't succeed, explains isabel baron has a specialist on the margaret, the region of north africa, the anger and the mobilize ation. we're very much facilitated by social media got there will also attempt to prevent it by shutting down the internet. they ultimately failed yet the, the activists documented the police violence on facebook the regime could no longer win the war of image. and these are protested. the 1st act. what intensified these protest? i was then in a single day, i think around 50 people was killed by the security forces and that's absolutely broke to be for that unit. yes is the regime with

a police state but not one that regularly kills people out. so dust and so then really everybody, everybody went house onto the strange across all social classes, age groups, all across the country. and then the unbelievable news. banashali had bled. tunisia for saudi arabia. vehicle on january 14th, we were all gathered in front of the interior ministry shouting, get out, get out, they, they get us. it was an unforgettable moment. hundreds of thousands of people on the demonstrators had 12 nations from all walks of life. united across the country proved that they were stronger than been ali. we want him get him. he's many people. within the space of a month,

the uprising of cd was eat, had taken over the whole country and swept away the decades old dictatorship tunisia was the starting point of uprisings that gripped large parts of the arab world over the next few months. from algeria and egypt to jordan by rain, syria and yemen. in 17 countries, people took to the streets to demand bread, freedom and social justice. millions of people were taking their political destiny into their own hands, pushing back against corrupt regimes and authoritarian leaders. in egypt, the news of the fall of tunisian dictator ben ali rang alarm bells for president post name of arctic the 82 year old had likewise been in power

for decades. always confirmed in office by carefully orchestrated party congress's mubarak ruled the country with the help of the military. and the intelligence services with the social and economic situation in egypt was even more explosive than into anesha. about a quarter of the population lived below the national poverty line. many families relied on day labor. 2000000 children between 5 and 15 had to work instead of going to school. unemployment among young adults in egypt was an excess of 50 percent, a ticking demographic time boss. no one else yet was still a student when the unrest in tunisia began yanine m m, i recall very well the day the revolution started in june,

easier for us. we went to the tune is the, an embassy in cairo, and shouted slogans in support of the demonstrators. engineers here. now the revolution is coming and it will destroy the regime blue cross and blue cross. mckelly why i got snow the day. we're also slogans against hosni mubarak on we supported the chinese in revolution and what happened in she needs the gave us hope and the glamour. ah, the revolution into nisha swept into egypt and dro people onto the streets. 11 days after ben ali's departure, thousands gathered on cairo's career square on january 25th to protest against the regime anger over hosni mubarak, as well as injustice and social inequality in the country were now finding an outlet. terrier square became the center of the popular opposition movement. it either thought can

just rear square with god's paradise on earth, the shorter we felt like we all knew each other. all literally, all strauser of gyptian society were represented there, mostly muslims and christians, women and men, workers and farmers, doctors and engineers, journalists all together on to korea think and then the, the regime reacted as usual, dispatching thugs to quell the unrest. mubarek had crack down to nip protests in the bud before, but this time the demonstrators were fighting back the 2 nations had shown them the way the protests escalated. ah. 7 government buildings.