PPT-The Arab Spring

Put yourself in someone elses shoes Facing the soles of your shoes toward anyones face striking them with your shoe soles or throwing your shoes at them are considered to be grave insults in Arabic cultures All Arabs regard streets and by extension shoe soles as unclean and view being struck by shoe soles as a form of extreme disrespect. IAFS 1000. Outline. Tunisian Trigger. Misconception re Status Quo Ante. Spread of Arab Spring. Role of Social Media. Implications for Syria. Conclusions. Origins. 17 Dec 2010: Mohammed . Bouazizi. , Tunisian fruit-seller, self-immolated to protest abuse. Jeffrey Haynes, . London Metropolitan University, UK. 1. Two years on: the Arab Spring and democratisation. The democratic direction of the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is neither clear cut or unidirectional. . The European Union and the . Arab. . Spring. Caitlin . Gheller. Lecture Outline. Brief timeline of the Arab Spring . The EU’s relationship with the Middle East. The European Neighbourhood Policy. The EU’s response to the Arab Spring . 1. The Association of Arab Universities. . The Association of Arab Universities is a non-governmental organization that has an independent legal character. Its membership includes 260 Arab Universities at the present time. AARU's was established in 1964 upon a resolution issued by the Arab League. A temporary Secretariat General was formed in Cairo, Egypt. In 1969, permanent Secretariat General was designated. Its permanent headquarters has been in Amman since 1984, the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Aida . Abu-Ras. Doha- Feb.20.2014. First Arab States Regional South-South Development EXPO. Outline:. Definition: Business Women.. Women Entrepreneurs. Evolution of Entrepreneurship. Opportunities. Challenges. 1897 The World Zionist Organization was founded. Zionists believed that Palestine was rightfully the homeland of the Jews. Zionism. During World War I the British made three incompatible promises about the Middle East. دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة. Flag. . Emblem. Geography of the UAE. Coastline. 1,318 km (819 miles). Bordering countries. Saudi Arabia, and Oman. The landscape of Sir . Bani. Gateways. Professional Learning Program. Welcome. Contents. Professional Learning Program. Introduction to . Arab Gateways . (Slides 3–13). The Arab region (Slides 14–23) . Using . Arab Gateways . Understanding . the Revolutions of . 2011 by Jack O. Goldstone. The Post-Islamist Revolutions . by . Asef. . Bayat. A political cartoon by Carlos Latuff depicting President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak facing the Tunisian knock-on domino effect.. Zubair Murshed . Context . Hyogo Framework of Action. Making . Cities Resilient . Campaign. Arab Strategy for DRR. . Why . Urban . R. isks. transforming . C. ities. expanding . V. ulnerabilities. Zubair Murshed . Context . Hyogo Framework of Action. Making . Cities Resilient . Campaign. Arab Strategy for DRR. . Why . Urban . R. isks. transforming . C. ities. expanding . V. ulnerabilities. What is it?. Time frame (“The Big Bang Theory”): 1798 CE (Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt) until…present time? But in fact, reform movements were in the air much earlier…. “Renewal and [adaptation] to the changing global circumstances of greater economic integration and intercultural influences” (Di-Capua, p. 55). Presented By:. Patricia . &. Susan . The Arab Spring is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on December 18, 2010. They have protested in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco. The League of Arab States was established by a pact signed on March 22, 1945 at the conclusion of a . conference. held in . Cairo. , Egypt, . attended. by representatives of . Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria .