Tunisia

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 weak that their government collapsed entirely. On the contrary, the political outcomes of both Tunisia and Egypt post-Arab Spring faced different outcomes, Egypt returned back to an authoritarian regime as a result of a decrease in political and civil freedoms and Tunisia became the only country that achieved a democracy. During the beginning of the uprisings, both countries got their start similarly, however, as time progressed, the outcomes for these two states have proven to be…

For instance in 2001 he became the first president of Algeria to visit the White House in 16 years. Algeria has a friendly relationship with neighboring countries like Tunisia, Libya, Mali and Niger. Algeria is a fervent defender of peace in the region. For instance, article 26 of the constitution of Algeria states, “Algeria does not resort to war to violate the legitimate sovereignty and the freedom of other peoples. It strives to settle international disputes by peaceful means.” This shows the…

in Africa. These European powers wanted the resources and land in Africa. The European’s were able to defeat African tribes due to their more advanced weapons. The European powers met in a conference to divide Africa amongst themselves without considering the tribes who had already lived there. One specific example of Imperialism was France and Algeria. At the start of the year 1827, France started to colonize African countries. In addition to Algeria, France imperialized Senegal, The Ivory…

How Tunisia’s Revolution Began by Al-Jazeera and How a fruit seller caused revolution in Tunisia by CNN. These articles both discuss the role of Mohamed Al Bouazizi in the triggering of Tunisian revolution and the Arab Spring at large. Firstly, the images which accompany the articles differ greatly. The article by Al-Jazeera features a distorted image of former Tunisian president, Zine Ben Ali which had been caricatured to make a mockery of him. However, CNN’s article features a photo of the…

The Phoenicians also known as Canaanites were people around 1,500-65 BCE who lived in Phoenicia. Phoenicia was an ancient civilization that held some of the best sailors and a strong army in the time. They actually also made a writing system to help them with trading but, soon after the Greeks actually took from them. Since, they were such good sailors they controlled trade in much of the Mediterranean Sea from 1,100 to 800 and they helped accomplish that by spreading rumors about monsters in…

France in the nineteenth century hit on some of the darker parts of modernity on its journey to the France of today. There were many events and attitudes that a good portion of French men and women would like to forget. Many governmental officials, historians, and citizens of that time period repressed or consciously used policies and writings to perpetuate a myth that allowed for these same events and attitudes to fall by the wayside. In recent years, revisionist historians, or historians who…

The Phoenicians were located in the northern part of Canaan. What is known about the Phoenicians comes from the Bible, the writings of other ancient people, the ruins of their cities and ships. The Phoenicians were part of a large group known as the Canaanites. The Canaanites came from the south and east part of the desert in Canaan. The Phoenicians wandered from pasture to pasture known as herders. Phoenicians built cities and towns along a narrow strip of land between the mountains and the sea…

The shootings had a tremendous negative impact on some tourist visitors coming to Tunisia on their holidays. Tour operator 's such as Thomas Cook have begun to market Tunisia differently to potential visitors after the attacks and have been offering holidays to Tunisia to the public with up to a 50% discount, desperately trying not to lose valuable customers (Thornhill, 2015). Tunisia has recently launched new tourism campaigns using clever puns with an aim to attract holidaymakers back to their…

intervene in these intra-state conflicts during the Arab Spring, let us consider the situation of the countries of the MENA region before the implication of the American government. Moreover, to further comprehend why the United States choose to intervene in some conflicts like in the case of Libya instead of others such as Bahrain or Syria the aftereffects of some of them shall be examined. There were only a few who had predicted that Tunisia would start the Arab Spring. Therefore, Tunisia’s…

During World War II, France had given in an signed an armistice of peace. France was easily invaded because things were all over the place. France was not a united nation, they had a disorganized army, no formal government, and a wrong assumed attack plan. Ultimately, there was a feeling of French weakness but with a good reason. France wanted to save anything they could to preserve their culture and politics. Marianne in Chains, written by Robert Gildea explores the daily lives of the French…