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Benito Mussolini - Italian dictator whose ill-advised military offensives embroiled Italian and German forces in North Africa; was deposed by coup in July 1943 Tobruk At the same time that war was going on in the European and Pacific theaters, conflict also escalated in North Africa, primarily as a result of Italy’s aggression in the region in 1940 and 1941. One of the primary flash points in North Africa was the key port of Tobruk, Libya, which changed hands between the Germans and the British…

Libya, Tunisia and Algeria are all anocracies which feature inherent political instability as well as a mix of both democratic and autocratic traits. Most obviously, all three countries are geographically situated in the North of Africa, and all neighbour each other. In terms of demographic, they also have similar ethnic groups, with 99% Arab-Berber in Algeria, 98% Arab in Tunisia and 97% Arab-Berber in Libya. Their shared religion is Islam (predominantly…

One of the most intimidating tasks challenging an aspiring entomologist is the identification of species within a family as diverse as ground beetles (Choate, 2001). Ground beetles are one of the most diverse insect families in the word. They occur in apparently all terrestrial habitats and represent a major part of the invertebrate predator guild of the soil fauna, e.g. in forests, maquis and agrocoenoses (Arndt et al., 2011). Ground beetles are often chosen for study because they are abundant…

Hi Esha I had an exciting idea and I have to share it with you, In Tunisia we have two common problems, which is low income ( due to high unemployment rates), the main income of people my age is allowance by parents because part time jobs isn't something common in Tunisia and the wages are relatively low. Also there's issues in neighborhoods, such as litter, broken roads, and variety of problems that the district municipality takes care of using tax payers money. Tunisians, most of the time…

support in the region. Pew Research Center finds that in addition to Pakistan, “solid majorities in Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia and Jordan believe democracy is the best form of government.” As a result, there will be little barriers in promoting democracy, and therefore it will be of low cost to Americans. Additionally, America has been successful in the past. Specifically, Tunisia is a prime example of a democracy in the Middle East through American assistance. The Jasmine Revolution in…

The literature on persistent authoritarianism relies on a variety of hypothesis to explain the exceptionalism of the MENA region to maintain authoritarian regimes. Certain variables or prerequisites of a state to achieve a democratic reform are considered in Bellin’s article. Bellin stresses that these variables are not enough to explain authoritarian resilience in the region nor either the success or failure of states to transition to democracy. This essay will aim to validate proposed…

Hamas — Islamic Resistance Movement Hama is a Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist organization of Palestinian nationality. The group was founded in 1987, and it’s original goal was to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation and to establish an Islamic state in the occupied Israeli territory of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Hamas’s headquarter is located in the Palestinian territory of Gaza. The group formed as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas is known for being the first…

confinement for her role in the Burmese 8888 uprising, Aung San Suu Kyi wrote her speech “from Towards a True Refuge” where she explains the causes of insecurity in many countries around the world. Years later, in 2011 the Jasmine revolution began in Tunisia as the people held demonstrations against their corrupt government.…

The context, Muzhgan, is one in which countries around the world are taking steps to bar people from wearing the burkas. Egypt may well have been amongst the first countries to actually legislate on the issue, more for reasons of secular values than anything else, but various other countries have recently followed (for reasons including both secularism, security and identification - the reasons now being used in "Harper's rampage"). The most famous case is of course France. They started…

"There is nothing permanent in life except change. - Heraclitus" Nowadays, the Arab world in the Middle East is undergoing enormous change. Those changes, known as the Arab Spring, have resulted in a new outlook in many countries, like Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, and Libya. Recently, 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…