Tunisia

Algeria Algeria's coast provides easily-defended harbors that served as the basis for port cities since the time of the Phoenicians in the first millennium BCE. Since then, Romans, Vandals, Ummayyids, Abbassids, and Fatimids all controlled the coast at different periods, and by the 1500s, the ports were brought under the nominal control of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman government was represented by officials in Oran and Algiers who received protection from Ottoman military garrisons. By the…

Looking back at my experience, I still remember clearly PDOs and the overwhelming feelings that came with it. As a teenager, the responsibility you will have to carry as an exchange student for the next year or so, can be sometime a heavy burden if you don’t know what you engaged in, and that’s why the role of a mentor/ team leader is important. Because they guide us through what should we do, rules and expectations, and most importantly make us more excited about this year by hearing about…

James L. Gelvin, a Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of California, has published various literature regarding the revolutionary events which characterize modern Middle East. This essay will review Gelvin’s, The Arab Uprising: What Everyone Needs to Know. Gelvin utilizes an easily comprehendible question-and-answer format, as it entails a logical progression, beginning with “what is the Arab world?” to “when will we be able to judge the significance of the Arab…

Today I’m going to study the Tunisa. The Tunisa is a vicious amphibian predator. It lives in the South American rainforests and Pacific ocean, but today I’ll be in the rainforests to study one of these animals. It is quite hard to spot a Tunisa because of its camouflage but i've just spotted one. When it’s not blending into its surroundings its main color is green on its scales. On its underside it is a light brown. It also has a sharp point at its back end that is a tannish color. It has very…

the Arabic for democracy?” from The Economist, the article indicates, “Democratic progress and economic reform should be encouraged in Tunisia and Morocco. These are small countries, but the uprisings of 2011 show that small countries can serve as a model for others” (“What is the Arabic for democracy?” 2016). Not everything starts off from a big beginning, so Tunisia and Morocco would be the ideal nations to lead the movement towards democracy, which sparks the attention for a potential change…

Spring” was a wave of political action which emerged across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, beginning with the Tunisian Revolution that took place in January of that year. The Arab Spring saw mass protests and/or the toppling of regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, Jordan and more. At that time, many people felt that these protests and regime changes could have signified a new era of democratization in the region. However, whether or not that is truly the case is…

The Arab Spring has challenged the authoritarian resilience paradigm that had been dominant in academics since the early 2000s. Scholars within this paradigm focused on the lack of democracy within the region and attributed this lack to a number of factors and dynamics. This paradigm was normative in the sense that authoritarian resilience was seen as a negative and in need of change (Lob 2015). Even though as authoritarian resilience was perceived to be negative there was no expectation that…

According to the draft of the declaration was focused on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples. For example, as recent events in the Congo had shown, some countries had not been completely freed from colonial domination in spite of their nominal independence. After this, The United Nations Members were called upon solemnly to proclaim three demands. These demands included the following. First, all colonial countries and Non-Self-Governing Territories must be granted…

reality, my nationality is from all over, my closest and most recent ancestor from Italy. America is a country entirely based off immigrants, which means everyone has a different origin and backstory. In 1901, my great-great-grandfather was born in Tunisia, North Africa. His name was Matteo Pecoraro, originally from Italy. His family were traveling from Italy to America at this time and officially arrived in Utah in 1903. Salt Lake City, Utah is where the Pecoraro family settled in. This is…

Ideology of Nationalism The concept of 'Nationalism' refers to the “essential human unit in which man’s nature is fully realized…constitute their common goals which in turn are supreme goals (Berlin, 2013, p.342).” Nationalism is also prevalent background ideology throughout all the presidential speeches of Bin Ali and Mubarak in order to motivate the citizenry’s nationalistic feelings and their positive attributes. Both Bin Ali and Mubarak attempt to display their great love of their own…