often met with fierce resistance from local people governments and citizens. With the rise of Islamism (an ideology of far right, semi-theocratic government) major political figures within the Arab-Iranian World have become increasingly apprehensive toward the West and its ideals, including that of the civil society. Due to this apprehension, many pushes for Western involvement, and/or integration have been repressed by the states of the Middle East. Protests are consistently snuffed out by force, as seen in many of the demonstrations during the Arab Spring. The primary challenge posed to the spread of civil society and democracy is very much seen in the fact that repressive governments are all too common in this geographic area; take, for
