Critical Analysis of the Arab Spring

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if they are aimed at achieving common good and are justifiable. The revolt in Egypt was triggered by the young people given the fact that they are generally the ones who shoulder the biggest portion of the repercussions of the failed political status quo. The increase in global food prices that was witnessed in the year 2010 made the life of jobless youth and women even worse (All & Macharia, 2013). They felt short of life's full opportunities and rewards, with reference to education, jobs, income and the general comfort. This justifies their reason for staging mass protests, refusing to be cajoled in either the legitimacy of stunted citizenship or the prospect of less life opportunities. Their highly deteriorating and irrelevant academics implied that they faced an uphill task getting jobs that pay enough to guarantee good life. Before them was a whole generation of limited opportunities and deprived rights. Their calls for reforms were, however, hampered by the police and ...

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face the wrath of the regime for siding with the "outlaws." Most opposition political leaders would be detained and scores of others forced to leave the country. The media was no spared either. Independent newspapers were targeted by the regime and the most newspaper reporters were apprehended and detained. The most notable case was in Bahrain where an opposition figure, Al-Wasat, ended up dying in detention (Khouri, 2011). Given the realization that the protest were initiated by individuals belonging to particular communities within the nations, hundreds of workers from particular community would lose their jobs in the public and private services for having been absent from work during ...

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