al-jazeera was perceived for the 1st government elected after the fall of mubarak. brother resulted in the network's reputation. one that had been. in the making. al-jazeera played a substantial growth from its inception really in 1906 in shifting the news agenda and such a way to allow those who are not in government to critique those who are in government thank. you for you know it al-jazeera cameras were in the right place at the right time. b.b.c. c.n.n. all the major sort of broadcasters around the world with picking up al-jazeera as exclusive footage so al-jazeera was able to bring the narrative social mobilization and protests from the arab world to the world at large and elevate the discussion in such a way that made the aspirations of the protesters in the region the only story worth exploring the muslim brotherhood who were perhaps the most well organized political force won the election. the rule that lasted barely one year was not what people had hoped for. corruption continued authoritarianism continued one of the reasons that people stopped following e

juxtapose that with walking into the highest square in 2011 and having pictures of hosni mubarak with the words go with people slapping pictures. of his face with their shoes this was the feeling in the square those were the slogans you heard and it was spectacular. until now it feels like a dream i remember the 1st shock waves from the mosque or from the how they are for people who are found. i know i'm with syrian people want. to have the chance or like the whole. free press for some kind of freedom of expression. and that's the uniqueness of that moment the moment of possibility. the. moment of rapture where the systems of authority where hierarchy begins to fall apart same trend that started in tunisia. basically snowballed so from tunisia to egypt to syria and continued growth. of. course you know it stands in stark contrast to everything else that subsequently unfolded but at least during those moments that could touch and feel what a glorious future or the choice to make. sure. the rain. the wave of revolutions that came to be known as the arab spring began a decade ago in dece

collective calls for democracy justice freedom of expression governments for autocrats names like mubarak. ben ali when we're in this special edition of the listening post we're taking a retrospective look at what happened in the subsequent crush of democratic movements the clampdown on freedom of the press that remain in place today we've chosen to focus on the stories of 3 countries where the movement got its start egypt where it appeared to reach. and syria where to get a brick wall the arab spring starting point came on december 17th 2000 in the small central tennessee in city of city where a street vendor named. fed up with the local official corruption unable to make a living set himself up for it was one individual act of protest that would cost him his life and ultimately set off shock waves that would travel from north africa to the arabian gulf. with the regime of president ben that he created a kind of political police and a whole network to get into people's heads so that no matter where you are no matter who you are we found the walls have ears and we are being listened to al

by the unrest some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt where decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for trucks of conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. over more i'm joined tonight by sara yorkies she's a senior fellow with the carnegie endowment middle east program so it's good to have you back with us here on the day you've focused a lot of your research on tunisia the one country that has an active democratic institution since the arab spring is tunisia is it these success story of the arab spring. it certainly is the most successful of all of the arab spring countries and i think if you divide tunisia's political and economic situation politically absolutely if there's free and fair elections a robust constitution vibrant civil society people in the streets criticizing their government which would have gotten them thrown in jail 10 years ago that is certainly in the success column but economically you know the issues that

were not familiar with unfortunately the government caught on pretty quickly in the case of egypt mubarak shut down the entire internet but something that's pretty impossible to imagine happening today but i do think that the youth had a major factor you know that they were the ones who were much more innovative and they were much more willing to take risks than i think maybe some of the older generations were but that generation is now a decade older you know they're now not middle aged by any means but there are more mature and so they're handling the situation differently are you still see protests for sure everywhere across the region but you're seeing a different approach it's not the same sort of brazen approach that i think people who are in their their late teens or early twenty's would take and what about the role that played by foreign powers you know and i'm talking about those in the west but also iran. so the foreign powers had a influence on things in both mostly bad ways i would say actually you know one of the reasons that today also succeeded where others didn't is that s

by the best some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt where decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for truck to conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. over more i'm joined tonight by sarah yorkies she's a senior fellow with the carnegie endowment middle east program series good to have you back with us here on the day you've focused a lot of your research on tunisia the one country that has an active democratic institution since the arab spring is tunisia is that these success story of the arab spring. it certainly is the most successful of all of the arab spring countries and i think if you divide tunisia's political and economic situation politically absolutely if there's free and fair elections a robust constitution and vibrant civil society people in the streets criticizing their government which would have gotten them thrown in jail 10 years ago that is certainly in the success column but economically you know the issues

it was people power that drove mubarak out.said this means they want democracy, they don't want radical islam or militancy. and then they came out the same people apparently, came out and drove the elected islamic government out, the elected muslim brotherhood government out in favor of a dictatorship that is in some ways more extreme than mubarak's. >> the first takeaway for me is people power is not limited to people of one country or one religion or one culture. the hard part comes after you have adopted democracy. it doesn't necessarily follow that you will get the government that everybody wants. you can get deep division. that's basically what we saw. the egyptian government had a dictator through the army. they went it the streets and asked for the army, which almost guaranteed the return of another dictator and that's what they in fact got. so they a there the reminder is people power can lead right back into totalitarian dictatorship. >> what about the outsiders? the united states during the arab spring, you know, trie

by the vast some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt where decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for truck to conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. well the international community also played a role in this of people in the arab world. is a middle east analyst with the global public policy institute he says western countries prioritized their own interests over the humanitarian issues which sparked the revolt we should definitely look at the western democracies and how they have. development and since 2000. as they have often publicly claimed and stated that they support the ideas of these revolutionary protest movements right and 1st and foremost that you know the european union and its member states and the united states have actually put their interest in stability in the region over the protection of human rights and the demands of the protesters for the most part at least the basic assumption underlying this is that d

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in sharma share hundreds of pieces of president mubarak at the time we met several times with abdullah bin they. was over there or in the south lawn of the white house the reason ateneo hill a ship between israeli business sees a relationship between our governments i was there for some 20 years and they still i do not deny it's very positive development that they are now ready to sign more formal agreement with south and open embassy than normalization debt good good news for the middle east it's a blow to the palestinians but i hope that we'd find a way to make it. so also of paid with full the prospect of resuming contacts with the palestinians not otherwise not. old bloke to be with the palestinians i should say the leaders of met with israeli leaders they certainly don't recognize israel diplomatically you mention the palestinians they completely reject the abraham accords and the deal of the century coming out of the white house is it worse now than it ever has been since camp david and biffle for the palestinians i hope not you know it showed the world the way can you go forward

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by the vast some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt where decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for trucks of conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. i'm joined now by a labor research fellow with the global public policy institute focusing on democracy and human rights in the middle east and north africa this is labor thanks for joining us the revolution the arab spring the so-called arab spring was fueled by hopes of a better future and dave many regime leaders were toppled yet today many people in the arab spring countries say their lives are worse than before a big gap between rich and poor and the like was the arab spring therefore worth it . thanks for having me rebecca well the hopes that europe's uprising start for more of them are perceived as human rights justice and less repression corruption and so if you're going to make an equality has been smashed as you have pointed out by repressive government responses mili

by the unrest some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt where decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for trucks of conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. by now by. research fellow with the global public policy institute focusing on democracy and human rights in the middle east and north africa this is lisa thanks for joining us the revolution in the arab spring the so-called arab spring was fueled by hopes of a better future and david many regime they is were toppled yet today many people in the arab spring countries say their lives are worse than before a big gap between rich and poor and the like was the arab spring therefore worth it thanks for having me back there well the hopes that europe's uprising sparked for more of the more perceived human rights justice and less repression corruption and so if you're going to quality has been smart as you have pointed out repressive government responses military coups and civil war a

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by the unrest some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt for decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for trucks of conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. let's get some perspective on the story now with malik day he's a middle east analyst joining us from london good morning malique the arab spring it started as we saw as a revolution that grew out of despair but it was fueled by so many people who had hopes of a better life better economic opportunities more democratic freedoms a better future what is left of those dreams today. well the arab spring was driven primarily by socio economic reasons people people wanted jobs. a lot of these revolutions in fact all of them happened in no republics that had command economy socialist economies and so economically these countries were not well developed and you know the arab spring was that it was a story moment but often with historical moments the outcomes can be quite different to w

up rather than taken them down ok needful talks later i'm sure in the meantime thank you so much mubarak our correspondent there with all the ins and outs of bricks it as far as london is concerned ok let's get you the washing up would be your reaction to berlin our correspondent dominic cane is there for us here on news dom good afternoon good morning so is do you think angela merkel is by and large content with what they've signed up to. the german perspective on briggs it as being in lockstep with the position put forward by me should bow and yea the chief negotiator for the european union and by a sort of funded lion the president of the european commission for some considerable time they have always said here in berlin that it's a sorrow to see the united kingdom exit the e.u. but what is paramount of importance from their perspective is the pan-european dimension that the collective interest of the $27.00 member states must be uppermost in people's thinking and so it follows that for that anger the merkel's reaction to the deal that was announced closely mirrored the sorts of senti

lot that year egypt's anti-government protests began on january 25th 2011 long time president hosni mubarak resigned 18 days later the once banned muslim brotherhood won the 2012 election but was asked today year later in a military uprising led by current president of the fattah sisi yemenis took to the streets on january the 29th president ali abdullah saleh was hurt in an assassination attempt in july and ousted in 2012 hoofy rebels took advantage of the political vacuum he left seizing the capital in 2015 and sparking war with a saudi led coalition libyan protests began in february 20th levon but quickly turned into an armed revolt against moammar gadhafi is 42 year rule he was captured and killed in october it is here in chaos the country split between western and eastern parliaments in 2014 only this year they agreed to work together protests spread through syria in march 20 levon the government responded with arrests and shootings war erupted in july allowing us all to seize a swathe of territory and impose its brutal rule in 2014. bennett smith reports now from the town of where it

. ♪ haslinda: live pictures of mubarak and futures pointing higher, -- mumbai and futures pointing highers its debut today. whopping appetite in the lead up to its debut. india coming up six weeks of gains and investors load up on local stocks. nearly $19 billion through last week, the highest since 2013. nifty futures pointing higher, up .3%. david: it will be busy, the ipo of burger king india. market wise, we are on a good streak in india. and last coming out week was quite horrible. we were at a six-year high and well beyond and above the upward tolerance limit of the country in target ibi. the survey, 7.2%. nowhere near levels where you would consider inflation not being a problem. also coming back online, japan's market. new 1991 highs. that when does not have any inflation problem when you talk about the 2% target. we are getting further from the boj. the latest the boj, survey is out from the central bank showing there is less pessimism over the outlook, business sentiment improving more than expected. let's bring in our japanese economy editor paul jackson to take us through the

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