2010-2011 Arab World Protests

Adam Kingsmith, SFUMUN News, Cairo

The 2010–2011 Arab world protests are an unprecedented series of major uprisings and demonstrations in the Arab countries of Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria, and Jordan, with minor incidents occurring in Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, and Morocco. The protests have been referred to as revolutions. The protests have been the outcome of a host of issues varying from one nation to the other - ranging from rigged elections, kleptocratic and crony-capitalist rule in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, to price rise and corruption in Gulf countries; from determination of protesters to overhaul or uproot the existing system and political hierarchies in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, to demands for reforms in Jordan and Oman. Experts suggest that this may be the Berlin Wall moment of the 21st century.