How did Arab Spring start?

Answer 1

The Arab Spring is said to have been triggered by the self-immolation of a Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, in protest at his treatment by government officials. This initiated the Tunisian Revolution, and further acts of self-immolation took place across the Arab world to encourage protest against the corruption and violence that was so rife within the countries. Although there had always been public dissent, Bouazizi's protest was the start of the Arab Spring.

Answer 2

Answer 1

The internet

Answer 2

The Arab Spring is the outcome of a number of repressive policies against Arab citizens from their own governments. This anger was fomenting in the Arab populaces (at different rates in different countries) pretty much since the Independence Movements secured the European Colonizers' retreat. The reason the Arab Spring did not happen earlier is that most Arabs did not believe that they had the power to overthrow their governments. The ouster of Zine Abidine ben Ali in Tunisia changed that view and encouraged Arabs in different states to revolt against their leadership.

Arab Spring Protesters had a variety of demands which a number of the Arab Leaders were not willing to concede. Some of these included, but were not limited to the following:

1) Democracy: Arabs want a hand in how their own governments create policy as opposed to the dictatorships in the Arab World that masquerade as republics when there are no elections. This is especially pertinent in countries like Syria or Bahrain where the unelected leadership represents the views of a minority religious group.

2) Economic Self-Sufficiency: Many Arabs see the current government s as having inadequately built up their economies both in terms of the governments' failure to create jobs and build internal infrastructure as well the governments' failure to make sure that grains like rice and corn remain affordable to the "average Dick and Jane Arab".

3) So-Called First Amendment Rights: Many Arabs, especially from unrepresented minorities (like Christians, Shiites*, Sunnis*, Bahai'i, and Zoroastrians) want the ability to openly pray to their Gods in their proper context and to do so on equal footing with the predominant religion (either Shiite or Sunni Islam). Arabs also want to have the freedom to criticize their leaders and to protest freely against them if need be.

4) Citizenship over Race/Religion: A major trend in the Arab World has gone unrecognized by the authorities prior to the Arab Spring. Most people in Arab countries belong to a certain ethnic, religious, and tribal group that the state identifies and discriminates between. Many protesters in the Arab Spring would prefer official recognition that all people who live within the borders of a country are citizens regardless of race or religion and should have equal rights and privileges.

5) Transparency: Arab Regimes are notoriously corrupt. Nepotism, racism, and many other non-meritocratic means are used to promote people into positions of power and wealth. Arab Spring Protesters want a government that is accountable to its people and that functions based on meritocracy.

Answer 3

The Arab Spring is the outcome of a number of repressive policies against Arab citizens from their own governments. This anger was fomenting in the Arab populaces (at different rates in different countries) pretty much since the Independence Movements secured the European Colonizers' retreat. The reason the Arab Spring did not happen earlier is that most Arabs did not believe that they had the power to overthrow their governments. The ouster of Zine Abidine ben Ali in Tunisia changed that view and encouraged Arabs in different states to revolt against their leadership.

Arab Spring Protesters had a variety of demands which a number of the Arab Leaders were not willing to concede. Some of these included, but were not limited to the following:

1) Democracy: Arabs want a hand in how their own governments create policy as opposed to the dictatorships in the Arab World that masquerade as republics when there are no elections. This is especially pertinent in countries like Syria or Bahrain where the unelected leadership represents the views of a minority religious group.

2) Economic Self-Sufficiency: Many Arabs see the current government s as having inadequately built up their economies both in terms of the governments' failure to create jobs and build internal infrastructure as well the governments' failure to make sure that grains like rice and corn remain affordable to the "average Dick and Jane Arab".

3) So-Called First Amendment Rights: Many Arabs, especially from unrepresented minorities (like Christians, Shiites*, Sunnis*, Bahai'i, and Zoroastrians) want the ability to openly pray to their Gods in their proper context and to do so on equal footing with the predominant religion (either Shiite or Sunni Islam). Arabs also want to have the freedom to criticize their leaders and to protest freely against them if need be.

4) Citizenship over Race/Religion: A major trend in the Arab World has gone unrecognized by the authorities prior to the Arab Spring. Most people in Arab countries belong to a certain ethnic, religious, and tribal group that the state identifies and discriminates between. Many protesters in the Arab Spring would prefer official recognition that all people who live within the borders of a country are citizens regardless of race or religion and should have equal rights and privileges.

5) Transparency: Arab Regimes are notoriously corrupt. Nepotism, racism, and many other non-meritocratic means are used to promote people into positions of power and wealth. Arab Spring Protesters want a government that is accountable to its people and that functions based on meritocracy.

Answer 4

If the question is asking about the larger causes of the Arab Spring, please see the Related Question: What are the causes of the Arab Spring?

If this is a question about the mechanics, event by event, that led to the Arab Spring, this tracks quite strongly to the repressive policies in Tunisia. One particular individual who was harshly affected by these policies was Mohamed Bouazizi. Mohamed lost his job due to government citations and restrictions. Additional restrictions forced Mohamed to have his property confiscated. He took what little he had and tried to set up a food cart to make a small amount of money and feed himself. The Tunisian government cited his cart for being in an illegitimate spot and confiscated it. Convinced that the Tunisian government was actively trying to economically disempower him, he manifested his depression and protested in the strongest possible by performing a public self-immolation (suicide by burning himself to death) in late 2010.

Bouazizi's death and the general agreement by Tunisian people that the government's repressive characteristics were responsible for his economic paralysis, led to mass protests across Tunisia in his name. Surprisingly, instead of deploying the Tunisian police and army to repress the protesters, Tunisian "President" Zine Abidine Ben Ali fled into exile in Saudi Arabia. Once Arabs in other countries saw that it was possible to overthrow their similarly repressive regimes through protest (and did not require some massive military uprising or American invasion both of which would be doomed to failure), Arabs took to the streets across the Arab World.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

The impetus was and is a large number of young men who have no job or trade prospects.

Answer 7

The CIA

Answer 8

a street vendor in tunisia set himself on fire after being harassed by officials. this began tunisia's "jasmine revolution" and inspired the arab spring.