a trail of destruction and it's unclear why they have settled on their truck, which has captivated the public in china. coming up next, our documentary channel doc film today focuses on the arab spring 10 years on. i'm terry martin for me and all of us here at the w. thanks for being with us. ah, ah, young moroccan immigrants. they know the police will start they know that the route is not a solution. they know their flight could be fatal. going back is not an option. shattered dreams starts june 18th, on d, w. i

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 threatens. they struck back with brutality. but despite the odds, the popular uprisings continued to spread. we all was the same thing, dignity justice, and you know, bred on the table several ailing regimes collapsed. the people were kicking out the dictators use. i dream of our religious extremists joined the power struggle. their goal was not democracy,

but and islamic state. the 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 ring has mainly lose this loses a civil society this 10 years on what is the legacy of the arab spring given the countless pay tallies and victims of war and displacement. the was the arab spring of failure. the the

city was deed, a town in central tunisia, became world famous as the cradle of the protests that sparked the arab spring. the 23 year long regime of president xen, arbiten ben ali, had ground down the impoverished rural population of the gulf. every day we were aware of how disastrous economic situation was in the last days of penalties. rule doubled so much poverty. everything was getting more expensive and we were on the constant pressure that can be 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 at 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. ah, inexperienced mohammed was easy,

suffered repeatedly. the young st vendor dreamed of a different life, his relative se. but then came the day and 2010 that changed everything. you know, i'm not going to do some against you. december. the 17th was the day that brought things to ahead or how many was insulted by the police were not for the 1st time. and i was not the 1st time that the officers confiscated his goods at pleasure, he'll america related 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. i mean, no matter what sort of side of him all of a sudden set himself on fire any must have most of the other one i've seen it. so

mohamad bull as easy, doused himself with gasoline 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. piano might have been the shuttle homestead of hack, started them from destructive web. with the show that 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 to nisha for many. it was the signal for a revolution. also for his cousin kaya. and this is why you get the setup.

we'll get them separately. so you can get mohammed is the trigger for all of us. we were no longer afraid, we will hold angry, can humble bodies said the, there were many reasons to start a revolution of the room and then this happened the day after mohammed boys, he 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 tunis, 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 of mohammed was easy step, then reached the capital, the young man's active 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 revolt is just, you know, so we could put pressure on the system and it looks like that and make an ali go away and open on monday, august the can we really want to overthrow the system and see it to mind. evaluation at the time, my alex katy was the spokesman for a student organization. the young people took to the streets, side by side with workers and teachers. the demonstrators assembled in front of the

headquarters of the country's 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 lager lena ben ma haney, was a prominent face. the protests to the momma. all the moments i experience or gab proceed, and catherine are indelibly burned into my memory. one scene i will never forget was the parents of a boy who had just been shock give it,

don't sister and mother and father were sitting around his body in the living room on the lawn. i family wanted the blocker to document the crimes of the been all the regime lena ban. mccaney had previously published critical reports on the government on her website at an asian 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. victory natasha. with the internet. everything changed. if you could suddenly reach a lot of people, lol 6 before that it was not possible to act and express yourself so quickly to broadcast and live to film and share videos be

the protests of earlier years had been crushed by the regime. but this time that wouldn't succeed, explains, isabel baron says, a specialist on the margaret, the region of north africa, the anger and the mobilization live very much still. it takes it by social media because it will also attempt to prevent it by shutting down the internet. but they ultimately failed yet the, the activists documented the police violence on facebook the regime could no longer win the war of images, of protest to the 1st act more intensified these protest. i was that then in a single day, i think around 50 people were killed by the security forces and that's absolutely broke to be for that unit. yes,

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

the uprising of c d. c had taken over the whole country and swept away the decades old dictatorship tunisia was the starting point of uprising 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 hosni mubarak 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 neesha. 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 taking demographic time boss with no one else yet was still a student when the unrest in tunisia began. i mean, i recall very well the day the revolution started in june,

easier for us. we went to the soon as 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 book or any book cross, metalli y. that's know that there were also slogans against hosni mubarak, top on we supported the change in revolution is what happened in june. it gave us hope ah, the revolution in tunisia swept into egypt and drove people onto the streets. 11 days after ben ali's departure, thousands gathered on cairo's terrier square on january 25th to protest against the regime. with anger over host nemo barracks 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 create a square with golds, paradise on earth, the shorter we felt like we all knew each other and all literally, all strauser of egyptian society were represented there. mostly muslims and christians, women and men, workers and farmers, doctors, and engineers, journalists, hold together on korea, you can see. but then the regime reacted as usual dispatching thugs while the unrest, mubarek had cracked down to nip protests in the bud before. but this time, the demonstrators were fighting back. the tunisians had shown them the way the protests escalated. ah, government buildings went up in flames. the regime was tottering. the situation

seemed to be spinning into chaos. then the army entered the arena. the military has always been the power broker in egypt. the. the generals realized early on that new bark could not be saved and took control. initially, the soldiers were ordered not to take action against the protesters. instead, they fraternize with them. but the army leadership has very different plans for the time after the fall of the regime middle east expert daniel gala sees the role of the military as key to the developments that followed. they wanted to portray themselves as the savior of the people. the small bar cut, the step down,

most of the military power was an ultimately the military was able to preserve its old states. us, well, giving the impression to the outside world that we are on the side of the population in another focal. the mubarek space was sealed as indonesia, the people brought down a regime that had seemed untouchable initially, the military took charge of an interim government. but the demonstrators were demanding free elections. they dreamed of a democratic future dreams that were not to materialize. an entirely new force entered the political vacuum. the muslim brotherhood which mubarak had previously kept in check. the islamist organization now saw its chance

to attain political power in egypt was a brother who tried to have a political party before. and they have been one of the by that is, you don't do that. 2 things are prohibited to have a political party to have media out. it just was curious if you try to approach this read zoom so you will be all in june. so what happened after mubarak stall, the muslim brotherhood openly pursued its political goal of a state ruled by islamic or serial law. it launched the freedom and justice party hom says, oba was one of its spokesmen. ah, the brotherhood had built up a considerable base and poor urban neighborhoods. and among the rural population where its supporters were conservative, devout and barely educated. during the years of persecution under

mubarak, the muslim brotherhood put its political ambitions, seemingly on hold focusing on charitable work and building up networks. you can make the, the muslim brotherhood was founded in the 1920s as part of the opposition to british colonial rule in egypt. its members now dreamed of a state governed by islamic principles. most of the muslim brotherhood, there is no real alternative and taking power. at least if you look at their core ideology, what done only then as they found the house on albano roads, they be in a position to implement god's will and islam victor only then with political power in their hands and a 100 they be able to transform the state and run political life. and so for the most in brotherhood, the mother is really no tentative. let's hope our young people who had forced

mubarek to step down, still dreamed of freedom and democracy. but they could not prevail against the well organized islamists. lebanese dutch journalist camp got us, was in egypt in 2011. after the fall of my bark i was a b, b, c correspondent, covering the state department. and i traveled with hillary clinton or secretary of state to cairo. and we met with some of the activists of the april 6 movement who had helped bring down the hospital bark. and hillary clinton asked them how are you preparing for the elections? and they said, we don't do elections, we don't do politics, we just do revolution. it's

a very idealistic outlook and one that you can understand if you realize how dirty politics have been in the region for so long, ah, even after the inter military governments schedule the elections, the bloody clashes continued. the protesters wanted a genuine revolution. they were becoming more radical, but the ongoing chaos on cairo's streets, scared many people and pushed them into the arms of the islamists. we didn't use power, we used a boat. we used the, one of the people we managed to get the people out of the homes to hope for the president, and he got more than 50000000 benson vote. after his election victory in 2012, the muslim brotherhood mohammed morsey bound to be the president for all objections

more jobs, more prosperity, more democracy, central demands of the arab spring seems that to come true. but if anything, the opposite was happening. as the islamists gained influence, the morsey government, pardon, prisoners, including islamist militants. there was a shifting focus towards sherry, a law with women's rights curtailed and public life to become more islam. i'm not militant islam is where calling for holy war. egypt appeared headed toward a theocratic state. oh. 7 7 yeah, now some of the gulf states were watching the rise of the muslim brotherhood with concern. the united arab emirates, or u a. e, is

a better ration of 7. she stems on the east of the arabian peninsula knoll, the rulers and avo darby, and to buy are among the richest men in the world. they, too had cause to fear for their future. feel how many ruling families in the world based their claim to power either on his lamb or and then noble ancestry. on the muslim, the muslim brotherhood were in his limits. organization with a certain amount of popular support. and they were the only ones who had really been able to credibly challenge this claim to power. and also had the means to change the political situation. the police said it's not for the ruling house in abu dhabi, the fight against the muslim brotherhood became a priority not to promote democracy. but because the authoritarian rulers feared

being swept away by the brotherhood who were using islam as a political weapon. the absolute rulers in the gulf used islam as a means to legitimize their regimes. in the emerett spelled particularly threatened because rival cutter had become the main backer of the muslim brotherhood, supported by turkey in egypt and taneesha. the brotherhood was an important political factor at the beginning of the arab spring. it also had a strong presence in libya, sudan, jordan, morocco, and syria. its most determined opponent, alongside the united arab emirates, was saudi arabia. the so it is in your eyes now, do you rapier and the merits. wanted to prevent the realization of cut us interest . this is

a life and death. conflict over control in the region today is perhaps more important than the arab israeli conflict. 3 glucose fetus. hi lu harmon ah, this is another legacy of the arab spring. the stance toward the muslim brotherhood still up and marks the demarcation line between friend and foe. into neesha political developments were initially similar to those in egypt. here to the country's 1st democratic elections took place after the revolution. here to the muslim brotherhood succeeded in becoming part of the government. here to there was a threat of radicalization. the political forces weren't deadlocked. the economy stagnated, unemployment, rows more and more young people were trying to emigrate to europe. the new political class seemed as incapable of leading tunisia to a better future as the former regime. some 2 nations even began to wish for the

return of ben ali. ah rochelle, the no, she has been speaker of the tenacious parliament since 2019 and is the leader of the not a party which has close ties to the muslim brotherhood. the party holds moderate positions, but critics initially accused of wanting to use democracy for his own agenda, similar to the brotherhood in egypt. ah, no, she returned home in 2011. he had been imprisoned in tunisia in the 19 eighties and spent 2 decades in exile in britain the name of the 2 in this. while in egypt there was a clash between the muslim brotherhood and the officials of the past system. and this ended in a qu, into nicea, we tried to reach a compromise between us, the both sides. we and the representatives of the old regime embraced democracy and

elected as president of the war. now veneer democrat. the moment that in for a subsea canoe, she likes to portray himself and his party as regular conservatives committed to their religious values, but also to democracy. but soon after the revolution from 2011 to 2013. and now that also became a rallying point for islamists. many of the party leaders had spent years in the regimes. prisons along with the muslim brotherhood members. after the revolution and not a leaders looked on as islamists campaign for a shari'a last state. the

calls like this post a threat and not only to tunisia as fledgling democracy from no other arab country would so many young people head off to the so called holy war in libya, syria or iraq to fight for a caliphate. and many tunisians would lose their lives. their illustrator selim the rookie led the civil war in his native algeria. but even in exile in tunisia, there was no getting away from the islamists. he responded through art creating a comic character that made him known throughout the arab world. movies on i came to nicea 12 years ago. so i know too,

nicea before and after the revolution and right after the revolution with the rise of the islam. i created the figure of your hair, i would have it because because i'm from algeria i had experienced how the rise of these limits, transformed all of society was all the mechanisms by which they penetrate the society local too much. so this was a natural reaction to so i created the figure of the little salad to want to newton's at the danger of is the migration of it with the means of my disposal. she does. the son is asher one but into nisha. in particular, the message of the little salad fest did not get through at 1st. some tunisians were still toxic, aided by the success of the revolution. others were busy with the everyday struggle for survival. they can't cause you to be all we need to do

is i had in 2011 have come true. show me because in tunisia after the revolution, people said, oh, it's not the same. here is an algeria, we are different. there will be assassinations or violence here. but then there were, there were assassinations of politicians. there was terrorism, there were bombs chose box, which is what i did from this dog here, and my blog to portray all these, his limits as violent people who did more brook conditional fuel in 2013 to left. when politicians were killed in attacks by islamists, many tunisians held russia canoes, j politically responsible, and demanded that his and not a party leave the government on the

and we strongly condemned old. they silence. he's attacked. and when we were in the coalition government, in 20122013, we passed a law to band the cellists a 7 that con on and bought. or it was the minister of the interior, one of us who made sure that the seller 1st party was banned. definitely it now or the us that made it illegal. and that was the only way to prohibit and police these movements said if you mean that was what was what had been taught at them, they will use no. she continued to emphasize his parties commitment to democracy despite its proximity to the muslim brotherhood. but as in 2011, it was women who were defending the gaines of the revolution against the

brotherhood in the face of political violence. one special feature of tunisia was revealed a strong civil society that would not accept terror. we dead boucher mowing is the president of the country's employers association dot will not be the one i want to show. we feared for our revolution when we were afraid of a step backward that our democracy, our freedom would evaporate the dictatorship of return and addicted to an alliance with formed, boucher, i always organization joined the tunisian national dialogue quartet together with trade unionists, human rights activists, and lawyers, they helped pave the way to a new constitution, and nato was among the parties that promised to abide by it. ah, in 2015, the tenicia quartet received the nobel peace prize for its mediation between

secularists and islam in the in no other era country have political opponents been so willing to reach out to each other. this is what saved tunisian democracy. ski, particularly she nor g c could. what is a special about us and to nisha is that 1st we have a population that is educated was he is a 2nd. we have a civil society that is very involved, a politically alert and civil society. that sense, what was that date from the fountain chandry of tenicia women who are emancipated, open minded, committed women, just those 3 assets, and able to manage things very easily on appeal issues. armando, many, a place up and

ah, among those courageous women was blogger lina been ma haney and the turmoil following the revolution. she was targeted by extremists and had to fear for her life. ah, for years she was under police protection. but she refused to be intimidated, was referred to me on this project. so almost i didn't ask for protection. i was forced to have it. and to this day they still haven't lifted the protection. sometimes i get calls because there are new threats against me. they tell me to be vigilant though the case today said jeff to george was never considered leaving the country the think my fight here. they

want me to leave. but i don't want to know. i will say here, i love my country. i don't want so real in all despite setbacks, tunisia managed to consolidate what had been gain from the revolution. thanks in part to abroad alliance within society. in egypt, the situation was bleaker. in in 2013, a year after mohammed more sees election victory. people took to the streets against the newly elected president and his muslim brotherhood, the democratic freedoms won at great cost from the fight against mubarek, were once again in danger. with jerry a law soon to be introduced. women in particular,

feared for their rights tension on the streets, continued to rise. supporters and opponents of the muslim brotherhood clashed on a daily basis in the south one as yet was among the demonstrators. when i'll talk to one of them, that is the greatest to pity of the muslim brotherhood. was that they tried to abolish everything that didn't suit them. the best example was mostly attempts to change the constitution. so that the president's decisions, i, his would not be subject to challenge the fact that was a disaster that was against the will of the people that was against the pro democracy movement. it to get been in the summer of 2013 hundreds of thousands again descended on terrier square. this

time to force more sees resignation. he had been in office for just one year. army helicopters flew over the square signaling support for more seas opponents. as with mo barracks overthrow, the military was showing who really holds power in egypt. the armies men in the government was defense minister general abdel fatah cc. once the military was sure it had large segments of the people on its side of cc stage to coo and had morsey and other members of the governments imprisoned. the muslim brotherhood, the brief rule was over. but was it their final defeat? he wasn't in this neighborhood experienced for decades of oppression that torture repression and still managed to organize and sustain itself on the ground, and that made them ideologically,

extremely well steeled in that country. when does teasley impress a short term political develop that makes them dangerous? and actually not only for authoritarian regime, also, especially for thorough terry and regimes, muslim brotherhood supporters, revolted against the military coup. the new regime showed no mercy in its response . thousands were shot or jail. many were sentenced to death. in summary trials. the muslim brotherhood paid a heavy toll with that political rival eliminated. the generals made, i'll cc had a government. it was the end of the arab spring in egypt. exit is began thousands who were politically active left the country. the muslim brotherhood members as well as opposition figures,

many fled to stumble. it had become a hub for the dispersed dissidence of the arab spring. the turkey especially welcomed islamists like homicides in egypt. he had been the spokesman for the muslim brotherhood political arm and topped the cc regimes most wanted lists. once in exile, he bolster the parties resistance credentials. we start adobe and we go to the if i'm to free 3 hour when 3 countries just something not one. it happened during the era of socialism as it happened during the time of dictatorship and it would happen. and i'm sure that we will succeed in the hopes of so, but it came to present himself as a victim saying the egyptian government confiscated his property and put his

brother in jail from a television studio. in istanbul, he promotes the muslim brotherhood cause every week. however, the turkish government recently asked him and other muslim brotherhood members to reduce their media activities. turkey wants to improve its relations with egypt and the gulf states. xo, bell has spared comparatively well in exile a situation others can only dream of like some one else. i ed in 2017, he fled to berlin. the cc regime makes no distinction between political opponents. at persecutes the muslim brotherhood just as it does democratic opposition figures . when i look on the shoulder in 2015, i was walking down the street. when i had a confused with me, with a stick saying no trials of civilians and military chords commit and other commit

alaska in more than for coming up. donna. yeah, that's when i was stopped and arrested faith. i was accused of belonging to a terrorist organization where to her about dish haggard. i wasn't detained for very long, but i was put in a cell meant for 7 prisoners. and they were 50 of us where they can get for the metal. and so we all had to sleep on one side, so we could at least all lie on the loom. danny, massive in the mulligan, been some one else. i had used to work as a journalist, but today he has to support himself with odd jobs. he dreams of returning to egypt and of a new egyptian revolution. no more. see see, who are taught to shop. so c, c is my personal enemy. because of my exile in germany because of my last years. because of my mother who died in egypt and to whom i could not say good bye and pay

my last respects in me. eliminate it one way of when i'm going to shuttle, for the sake of every exile, for the sake of my friends who are in prison and have lost their best years, their blameless lee, and died because of poor medical care. will be moved to school. our relationship with l. c. c is about blood when you see them in egypt, the revolution of the arab spring has failed to day. the country is an estate of deathly. com. anyone suspected by the security services is unsafe? the situation is worse than in mo barracks time. only scattered graffiti, still bear witness to the years when people dreamed of a different egypt. terrier square where the uprising began. here is a lifeless, concrete desert with a few token flower beds. little is left to remind people of the spirit of 2011 and the arab spring. ah

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