Fy2010 levels until march 4, 2011, or the passage of superseding. Tunisian womens role in the tunisian revolution wikigender. These goals are standards to test any future government to act upon and represent the minimum demands of the people. Jan 23, 2018 the 2011 revolution was a fight for dignity, bread, sovereignty and social justice, but this is a country crushed by the weight of accumulated debt. Jan 22, 2011 the goals of the revolution of the people of tunisia. Social and political geography of the tunisian revolution. The tunisian revolution of 20102011 the report of the march 2011 delegation of attorneys to tunisia from national lawyers guild us, haldane society of socialist lawyers uk, and mazlumder turkey published. Beginning as merely roots of sturdy nationalism among the intellectual classes of egypt and culminating into full revolutionary ideology by a vast majority of the egyptian people, the 1919 revolution was indeed a fight for independence from an imperialistic and. Mohamed krit rex features via ap images introduction. A long standing authoritarian regime had just been vanquished by popular protest in the first such revolution in the middle east since the iranian revolution of 1979. The use and impact of social media during the 2011 tunisian revolution conference paper pdf available june 2016 with 2,175 reads how we measure reads.
The success of the uprising, which came to be known in the media as the jasmine revolution, inspired a wave. In 2010 the wafd political party acted under the name of the new wafd established in 1978. After the 2011 tunisian revolution over the past four years, many of the prior trends continued and, at times, accelerated, in reaction to the opening up of tunisian society and to libya becoming a relative safe haven for foreign militants. Popular interpretations of bouazizis selfimmolation presented economic and political oppression by the ben ali regimes as the root causes of widespread social despair that triggered the tunisian revolution. Wikis tunisian womens role in the tunisian revolution the tunisian revolution was a series of street demonstrations taking place throughout tunisia since december 2010.
As of october 2010, twitter had more than 175 million registered users rao, 2010, and in. The egyptian nationalist movement was inspired by the tunisian revolution. Lecture on the tunisian revolution of 2011 will be held. Thousands began taking the streets on january 25, 2011, demanding the overthrow of egyptian president hosni mubarak the people protested poverty, vast unemployment and corruption. States and revolutionary communications, on the role of al jazeera in the tunisian revolution of 20102011. Youth and revolution in tunisia, by alcinda honwana, is a book written in 20, two years after the tunisian revolution.
The 2011 revolution was truly a peoples revolutionthe population rising to liberate libya and make way for a complex political transition. Economic growth center for entrepreneurship and executive development ceed the 2011 revolution was a powerful expression of tunisians desire to have their voice heard in the economic and political life of their country. During the 2011 tunisian revolution, many islamists were part of local unions and protests further blurring the islamistsecularist divide. Aqim continued to play a role, especially with smuggling weapons through tunisia from libya. The 1919 egyptian revolution was a revolution against british imperialism and british intervention in egypt. Ben ali resigned and fled the country on 14 january, 2011. Failing to win a seat in the first free tunisian elections in 2011, he returned to his literary focus. The goals of the revolution of the people of tunisia. Published by the arab center for research and policy studies in february 2012, the tunisian revolution. Although it took place over only 18 days, the 2011 egyptian revolution was a. This research examines the revolution of 2010 in tunisia due to the paucity of empirical research on the subject and to resolve analytical problems that plague research on similar events.
Both these uprising in tunisian recent history can be. The events in these nations generally began in the spring of 2011, which led to. But it was the fruit of more than a decade of a growing culture of protest in egypt that. This paper focuses on the tunisian revolution that occurred in january 2011. From day one, the people of sidi bouzid broke through the media blackout to spread word of their uprising. The revolution of 2011 took place in a completely different political environment. Tunisia in the global context at the dawn of 2011, a revolution burst into the streets of tunisia. The tunisian revolution has been compared to the storming of the bastille and the fall of the berlin wall. The 2011 revolution fundamentally changed the rules of the political game in tunisia, and while it remains a source of contention and conflict, this achievement is irreversible. The attempted suicide of one man in the city of sidi bouzid in southern tunisia in december 2010 to protest joblessness, sparked a popular uprising in defiance of the government of president ben ali. The elections, along with the recently commemorated january anniversary of the tunisian revolution provide an opportunity to reflect on the impressive achievements made over the past year by as well as on the obstacles that remain to realising and consolidating the goals of the revolution. The revolution of 1848 in france was crushed by a new kind of authoritarian regime that had the wit to exploit the language of populism, wiliness to coopt potential opponents and will to crush those who refused to fall into line. Egyptian revolution by coming into the streets on january 25, 2011, did not learn. The demonstrations and riots were reported to have started over unemployment, food inflation, corruption, freedom of speech and poor living conditions.
The shift from an era of broadcast mass media to that of networked digital media has altered both information flows and the nature of news work. According to government figures, local unemployment stood at 20. The contribution of facebook to the 2011 tunisian revolution. Asma ben romdhane, a fulbright language teaching assistant from tunisia, will discuss events that led to the recent ousting of tunisian president ben ali during a lecture tuesday, jan. The legacy of us intervention and the tunisian revolution. His coauthor, tarek cheikhrouhou, hails from a family that has been active in tunisian journalism and politics for decades. The 2011 revolution was a fight for dignity, bread, sovereignty and social justice, but this is a country crushed by the weight of accumulated debt. His grandfather, alhabib, was the founder of alsabah newspaper. Dec 01, 2012 it was a genuine popular revolution, started without a leader, and was nonpolitical, nonideological, and nonreligious. Five years after the revolution kasserine is a microcosm of the problems bedevilling tunisia. The revolution of january 25, 2011 was triggered by the uprising in tunisia. Jan 14, 2016 the 2011 revolution fundamentally changed the rules of the political game in tunisia, and while it remains a source of contention and conflict, this achievement is irreversible. Jasmine revolution, popular uprising in tunisia that protested against corruption, poverty, and political repression and forced pres.
Dec 12, 2014 the revolution of 2011 took place in a completely different political environment. States and revolutionary communications, on the role of al jazeera in the tunisian revolution of 20102011 yahya gahnoog submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a ma in anthropology supervisor. A hoover institution essay the story of the tunisian. Lecture on the tunisian revolution of 2011 will be held jan. A spike in online revolutionary conversations often. Tunisian dignity revolution for the years 201020 the tunisian revolution of 2011 was comparatively unviolent. Causes, contexts, and challenges 496 pages is a collection of scholarly studies on different aspects of tunisian society written by a variety of experts, all of whom had presented their work at an acrps academic symposium that addressed tunisias. How did one young mans protest spark the tunisian revolution of 2011. Information flows during the 2011 tunisian and egyptian revolutions. How women influenced constitution making in tunisia 3 case study march 2018 tunisians celebrate the new constitution, tunis, march 1, 2014. States and revolutionary communications, on the role of al. More than 80 people had died since the start of the uprising.
An extraordinary wave of popular protest swept the arab world in 2011. The contributors, in this major addition to the sociology of revolutions, step back from the earlier euphoria of the arab spring to provide a sober. The violent dramas of egypt, libya and syria make this clear. I show that this revolution has three major particularities. The arab revolution of 2011 brings together a broad range of perspectives to explain the causes, processes, and consequences of the revolution of 2011 and its critical implications for the future. Zine alabidine ben ali to step down in january 2011. Pdf the rapid fall of the ben ali regime in tunisia on january 14, 2011 has not only sparked a wave of uprisings across the arab region, but has also. In december 2010 an outofwork tunisian street vendor, mohamed bouazizi, set himself on fire and precipitated the arab spring. Still, the dignity revolution in tunisia was probably more violent than is often assumed. The tunisian revolution the free, youth revolution from. The tunisian revolution started in the center of the country in the small town of sidi bouzid where, on 17 december 2010, mohamed bouazizi 3, a 26yearold fruit vendor, set himself on fire to protest economic conditions and police mistreatment. The name arab spring is a reference to the revolutions of.
Pdf the use and impact of social media during the 2011. By 2011, 15% of tunisia was unemployed, and over 20% of people who had a college education were unemployed. This article details the networked production and dissemination of news on twitter during snapshots of the 2011 tunisian and egyptian revolutions as seen through information flowssets of nearduplicate tweetsacross activists, bloggers, journalists, mainstream media outlets, and other engaged participants. A hoover institution essay the story of the tunisian revolution. It was passed on 10 february 2014, replacing the constitutional law of 16 december 2011 that temporarily formed the basis of. The tunisian revolution, also called the jasmine revolution, was an intensive 28day campaign of civil resistance. The influence of habib bourguiba, founding president of the tunisian republic after 1959, can still be felt in tunisia today. It was a genuine popular revolution, started without a leader, and was nonpolitical, nonideological, and nonreligious. Youth and revolution in tunisia, by alcinda honwana. Mar 10, 2016 five years after the revolution kasserine is a microcosm of the problems bedevilling tunisia. Pdf the paper provides an account of arab spring origin, ideology and demands of civil society. The tunisian revolution marked the beginning of a series of uprisings in the middle east that shocked the world. It eventually led to a thorough democratisation of the country and to free and democratic elections.
In the years leading up to the revolution, tunisia suffered from economic stagnation and a rapidly climbing unemployment rate. The wave of revolutions sweeping the arab world started in a forgotten town in the flatlands of tunisia. Development that is much more dramatic could have taken place. It is, of course, too early to say if conditions in egypt, for example, will encourage a bonapartist solution. The revolution was dubbed by many on television, on the internet, and in the blogosphere, as the twitter revolution. In this paper i focus on the anthropological aspects of the tunisian revolution of 2011 showing how anthropology could offer several angles of insight into the study of this revolution, which represents a new model of political revolutions. The january 25 egyptian uprising always had scant possibilities of success. The author explains the tunisian youths involvement in every step of the revolution, providing a unique, but essential perspective on the events that took place. The tunisian revolution of 2011 marked the start of the arab spring. Original articles the contribution of facebook to the 2011 tunisian revolution. However, it also placed power and weapons beyond state controlshifting from a highly militarized state to a highly armed society. While unable to organize as an islamist party, many islamists protested against the ben ali regime through local unions and professional syndicates that were integral to the revolution noueihed and warren 69.
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