jakob yon resigned her seat in parliament shortly after the explosion in protest against corruption and mismanagement and lebanon's government. the ticking bomb was dentist in be rude. under our nose, the government, the president, they all knew about it more than you mean the roots and they did nothing. and we trusted them for so long with just the christian leader that he was christian. and the thing to do with cindy in the, you know, they're not, they have nothing to do with god. there's a bunch of devils trying to rule a country of who people of divided people. i, while an investigation into the disaster was launched, there has been political interference and a lack of accountability on all sides for explosive material having been stored in

the port. paula, yoko beyond hopes that the people of lebanon will demand reforms aimed at breaking the sectarian stranglehold that these groups have on lebanon's political system. she says people are tired of having their lives controlled by what she calls the lebanese mafia. i was to have a country where my son can go to school and come by safety. i wish for the country where we can read clean air, have clean water, have an economy, have a future where everyone is free to speak with ever. they want everyone to speak to, to dress up the way they want. and i mean, we think fighting for the basic needs, the protests in lebanon continue, but most people have little hope that things will change. some have already emigrated here, as in many other countries,

the arab spring failed to bring about the reforms that people demanded as in lebanon, demands for arab spring style reforms came late to iraq. life here, over the past 2 decades, has been chaotic. the international intervention to topple saddam hussein. the rise and fall of islamic state. sectarian violence between shias and sunni's and an economy in ruins. but for all our ruby, the problem is not primarily about sectarianism. he blames a powerful and corrupt elite for the current political and economic situation in iraq and sure in law and sure, we've seen injustice theft and the conscious squandering of public funds. and it's being done by the same people again and again. this is a huge revolution that can change things today,

tomorrow or in the future. in october 2019 thousands of iraqis demonstrated in baghdad, carrier square, limited budget. when i got there, i was surprised at the size of the crowd and how diverse it was. they were demanding one basic human right dignity of the dignity that iraqi people deserve. cut on with that dignity was stone from us and we wanted back how close the loop sonia did the demonstration. he witness signal the start of an arab spring style movement. the demands of the protesters in 2019 were certainly the same as they had been in other countries, dignity and anger over corrupt politicians. oppression had a lack of prospects for the young generation. as seen previously from tunis and ban gauzy to cairo and damascus. the that anger

prompted the people of baghdad and several other iraqi cities to take to the streets. when the protests intensified, security forces fired tear gas rubber, bullets, and even live ammunition. the demonstrators had a new found sense of unity, regardless of religious affiliation. upon us being a blade can be some people went for days without food we helped volunteers bring food to the people who are gathered that we are square enough and we didn't know whether those people were sunni or she didn't care. no one paid any attention to what religion you belong to. let me know call more, kill him. but he in november 2019. iraq's prime minister stepped down after the country's top shia cleric condemned the government violence against

demonstrators. sporadic protests continue as a rock remains a fragmented and fragile state. what is the legacy of the arab spring? civil wars have arranged for years and libya, syria and yemen, which have escalated into international conflicts. in egypt, the military remains and power led by president and a former army general. although fata c c, the royal families and saudi arabia, lorraine and kuwait, had managed to preserve the status quo their counterparts and morocco, jordan, and oman responded to popular protests by adopting limited reforms in algeria, lebanon, and iraq. there have been occasional demonstrations, but the political establishment remains and power mass protests and so done in

2019 prompted the resignation of the countries president only tunisia has enjoy the peaceful transitions a political power based on a new constitution. ah, spite tenacious success at reform, the country faces enormous economic problems including high youth unemployment. many young people leave for europe or the gulf states to find jobs. but tunisia, democratic system is working. a new president was elected in 2019 among those casting of vote at that time was lena ban ma henny, a well known activist author and blogger, who spoke out to demand social and economic reforms. in a 2019 interview, she told us that there is more to democracy than free elections was. let you.

i would like to see the people of denisia achieve all the goals that we had after the revolution, dignity and prosperity. so important is the call now, and we also have to work our way out of the economic and social crises that we now need to. most tunisians are proud of their new democratic system. hardly any one wants to see a return to the dick tutorial. policies of president ban ali and was ousted in 2011 and many women have followed in the footsteps of lena ban henney, who died in 2020, at the age of 36 after a long illness. ah, poverty is widespread in tunisia is rural regions. few people have the money to buy

farm land from the big landowners or the government. so many work as day laborers. but there has been some progress. for example, in the town of gym, nor in central tunisia, in 2011 local residence occupied in nearby date plantation. since then, they've continued to work the land. they use the profits to hire more workers and to invest in infrastructure projects. but their claim to the land has not yet been officially recognized by the courts. omar honda was among those who took over the plantation. it was the 1st work that he'd been able to find in years. if not the thought of. when the revolution began, this was the only place around here where we could find jobs, we worked for the landlord, but then we reclaimed the land that rightfully belonged to us. and jim and i

couldn't, in some local young people joined us and we kicked out the landlord. well, i'm going to look at them. and luckily we were able to do it peacefully with 100 digital. and i just under 40 percent of tenicia population are under the age of $25.00. about one 3rd of young people attend college. but youth unemployment is high at around 36 percent. the jobless rate for women is even higher. but in the coastal town of brook, laura, one woman has made a name for herself, the plague, the mayor be taken. and you can it all started when i was walking home from the university one day. when pass through the market. i noticed that there were only men there, not a woman and what i said to myself, as soon as i'm done with my studies,

i'll try to fix the situation with a de matt. and i've always believed that i could know it and people don't make an effort to change things. nothing will happen. lisney though the plague is tunisia is youngest, female mayor at 1st, the local fishermen ignored her. they didn't want to take orders from a young woman, but at least now they talked to her little comes from a religious family. her father isn't a mom. and he now accepts the fact that his daughter wants to be a role model for the community that's going to be my mom. and i've always had the motivation and the passion and knew him. and after the

revolution, i wanted to do something important with my life, and that's why i decided to get into public service. did you do? i shouldn't, i quoted with chick i wanted to show that a woman here can go out and work effectively with man. lady said the and had, i also wanted to motivate other women to do the same as i did usual. i lived in the, in some local women have followed all the plagues lead and entered local politics and more and more and are getting used to the idea of having a discussion with a female mayor. ah, perhaps the best way to bring about long term change is to start at the grass roots level. after all, most revolutions, start out small. ah, the quest for freedom, for justice, for dignity, are not over in the region. a lot of people use the word,

the term arab spring to describe what started in tennessee in december of 2010 was easy, the vegetable vendor who want to dignity. he wanted a job, you want to do income, but he wanted dignity. he wanted to be respected as a citizen, as a human being, and then went through to his done egypt and syria with some successes, year and terrible failures there. but i think that the uprisings are ongoing, and we continue to see them in sudan, in algeria, in lebanon, in iraq. it's an ongoing quest for a better future. the arab spring was a major turning point and the history of north africa and the middle east. everyday citizens learned that unpopular rulers can be overthrown. thousands were killed in

the chaos of revolution. but many people are continuing to take up the challenge of creating a more just society. the arab spring may have ended, but its legacy lives on the africa. the great green law in the house we finished it will be more than 15 kilometers, wide 1000 kilometers long, lush green thread to combat just verification. what's been accomplished since 2007 . how can the initiative be improved? we talked to the projects director infiniti,

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