Arab spring terms Flashcards
When did Hosni Mubarak address Egypt after the protests?
February 10th 2011
What is muqawama?
It means resistance, term used about the Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas
In which city did the Arab spring start?
Sidi Bouzid
Name of Tunisian president?
Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
When did Ben Ali espace Tunisia?
January 14, 2011
When and where was the cedar revolution?
In Lebanon in 2005
What was the “moderate axis” during the arab cold war?
Moderate axis was the states aligned with the US and Israel
What was the “resistance axis” during the arab cold war?
Iran and Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas
Who were the swing states in the middle east ?
Qatar and Turkey
Why did the Arab Cold war end?
It ended in 1967 when the Arabs lost the war on Israel, and the death of Nasser during the “black september” crisis
What are the similarities between the uprisings in the cold war and the arab spring?
A highly mobilized public, ideological disputes in the arab space, weak states and a uncertain american foreign policy in the region
Explain Egypt’s shift from pan-arabism to pro-western conservativism
During the regime of Nasser, Egypt had been at the fore front of the push for Pan-Arabism anti-western influence in the region. But under the rule of Anwar Sadat, Egypt alligned with Saudi Arabia and the US, and therefore also Israel which Nasser had previously waged several wars against.
Explain the arab uprisings in the 2000s
Lynch argues that the Arab Spring in 2011 can be predicted when looking back to the protests across the arab world in the ealry 2000s due to the second wave of Palestinian Intifada, as well as US invasion of Iraq - this anger would eventually turn inwards towards the regimes of the Arab countries - this internal focused was the foundation of the uprisings in 2011
What were the two parties in Egypt that challenged British indirect rule?
Wafd party and Muslim Brotherhood
When was the Egyptian Revolution?
1952, military coup
