Hosni Mubarak

America needs to continue to Defend the safety of Israel Imagine being in a country no smaller than the state of New Jersey where you are surrounded by enemies on all sides of your borders. These enemies pose a serious threat because they have a hate that cuts deep to the bone. They actively yearn to kill you. Their hate doesn’t end there; it extends to any outside country that is a friend. "Death to you" is their call. “We want you wiped off the face of the earth.” If you lived in this…

place January 25, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt when Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who had held this position of power for 30 years, faced the first challenge to his power. In Tahrir Square in Cairo, over a million protestors gather, fighting against police brutality, a lack of free elections or speech, high unemployment, low wages, and many other issues. These protestors came from a variety of socio-economic and religious backgrounds. Mubarak ended up stepping down on February 11, 2011. This…

people living in Egypt, for example, made it their life’s goal to speak up against the corruption of their government or die trying. In fact, according to an Amnesty International report, during the protests of 2012 against former Egypt president Hosni Mubarak, at least 840 people were killed and another 6,000 people were injured (JURIST - Egypt Revolution Resulted in at Least 840 Deaths: Amnesty Report). People of all ages gathered in streets for the purpose…

that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia were conspiring to keep oil prices low to satisfy nations from the west that were buying their oil. Later Iraq began to sending troops to Kuwait’s border. Because of these surprising actions the President of Egypt; Hosni Mubarak, started negotiations between Iraq and Kuwait, but Saddam Hussein ended the negotiations after just two hours. On August 2, 1990 Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion of Kuwait. Alarmed by these actions, two-thirds of the 21 members of the…

In 2011, the people of Egypt revolted against the regime led by the president of the time, Hosni Mubarak. Ahdaf Soueif’s recount of the revolution, “Cairo: My City, Our Revolution”, offers a personal perspective of the event and reveals the struggle borne by the Egyptians during that time. As portrayed by Soueif in “Cairo: My City, Our Revolution”…

For more than two centuries, the United States Constitution has remained the world 's oldest living constitution. As I read through the preamble, it takes me back inside the National Archives,where I was studying monumental landmarks and artifacts three years ago. There stood, the United States Constitution in a glass compartment, eloquently representing “We the People of the United States.” Through all their efforts the framers established a Constitutional Republic-- a new government granted…

In early August of 1990, Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, ordered the occupation and invasion of its neighbor, Kuwait. In result of Hussein’s order, Egypt and Saudi Arabia called on Western nations including the United States to interfere. Hussein confronted United Nations Security Council demands to depart from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War had started with an enormous U.S.-led air offensive known as an Operation Desert Storm. Also, after 42 days of fierce…

giving that President Hosni Mubarak has been an ally of the United States for many years. The United States aimed to maintain their special relationship in which they commonly opposed the Muslim Brotherhood and supported the undemocratic regime as long as it kept the Muslim Brothers at bay. Every year, more than a billion of dollar was given to Egypt for aid mostly military. However, as soon as the government’s public support for the Egyptian president was removed, Mubarak resigned and…

In the spring of 2011, the world watched as revolution after revolution swept the Middle East, starting in Tunisia, then Egypt and spreading all throughout the region. This domino effect of protests and revolutions gained worldwide attention and was coined the “Arab Spring”, as old, legitimate regimes were being overthrown one by one. Striking images, videos and scenes captured by civilians in the conflict were viewed by people all around the world with help from social media sites such as…

The desire for political and civil rights have driven numerous societies to revolt against an oppressive rule in hopes to achieve a more democratic lifestyle. Thus, when Middle Easterners began becoming more fed up with oppressive regimes, the desire for a revolution emerged. The political outcomes of the Arab Spring uprisings were different for each country involved. While civil war arose in some countries, other countries did not have substantial revolts; there were even states that became so…