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Arab Spring Mini-Unit – Research Instructions

General Instructions:

1. Go to the Arab Spring pull down menu on my web site.

2. Work as a team: except for the current periodical article summaries (explained below) a group grade will be given for the research in this unit. If you do not participate equally in the research, you will not receive credit for this assignment.

3. Divide the labor: you have only a limited amount of time which means that you cannot have multiple members doing the same thing. Not all work is equal. Redistribute responsibilities as necessary to maintain fair work sharing.

4. Share the answers you find to the questions below with all members of the group. Make sure all group members’ names are on all work.

5. Your research will be graded for completeness, organization and neatness.

Specific Research Instructions:

Part I – Experiences with Imperialism - Use one or more encyclopedic sources (from library or internet) to find answers to the following questions about your country’s experiences with imperialism:

1. When did your country become an independent nation?

a. Egypt gained its independence from the United Kingdom on February 28, 1922

2. Who ruled it immediately before independence?

a. United Kingdom

3. How did it achieve independence?

a. The Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence was issued by the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 28 February 1922

4. What problems or conflicts has your country experienced after achieving independence either internally or with other countries?

a. Egyptian student riots

b. Egyptian revolution

5. Part II – Government - Use one or more encyclopedic sources (from library or internet) to find answers to the following questions about your country’s experiences with government since achieving independence:

Leaders:

1922: King Fu’ad I

1936: Faruq’s father becomes king

1952: Muhammad Najib becomes president and Prime minister after july 23 Revolution; Republic declared

1954: Gamal Abdul Nasser becomes prime minister

1956: Gamal Abdul Nasser becomes president after leading coup by Free Officers’ movement in 1952

1970: Nasser dies and replaced by VP Anwar al Sadat

Between 1970-81 Sadat assassinated

1981: national referendum approves Hisni Mubarak new President

2006: Mubarak promises democratic and constructional reform; 2007 -democratic majority

2011: Mubarak steps down September- hands power to army counsil

2011: December- Kamal al- Ganzouri takes office as Prime Minister

Part III – Demographics - Use statistical sources to find information to answer the questions below. The CIA Factbook is probably the easiest to use and most complete source; other sources are BBC News-Country Profiles, Country Ranks, Country Studies and Area Handbooks, UN Agenda-Global Issues, and anything else Ms. Sherertz and Mr. Austin may suggest. All sources can be accessed through the library homepage, and many from my website:

1. Population

i. 83,688,164 (july 2012 est.)

a. Capital City and other major cities (population over 500,000)

i. Cairo (capital) 10.902 million, Alexandria 4.387 million

b. Relative age of the population (percentages or each age category)

i. Male:24 years Female: 24.6 years

c. Life expectancy for males and females

i. Male:70.33 years Female: 75.66 years

d. Major imports and exports

i. Exports: crude oil, cotton,textiles, metal products, chemicals, processed food Imports: machinery and equiptment, food stuffs, chemicals, wood products fuels.

e. GDP per capita and its world ranking for GDP per capita

i. Per capita: $6,500 World Ranking: 136

f. Percent living below the poverty line

i. 20%

g. Distribution of family income – GINI index and an explanation of what the figure means (click the category in the CIA factbook and summarize the definition)

i. Distribution: 34.4 Definition: measures the in equal distribution of of family income through a country by using the Lorenz curve. The total family income is plotted against a number of families arranged from poorest to richest . the more un equal a country’s index is , the farther it is even way from the Lorenz curve.

h. Unemployment rate

i. 12.2%

i. Youth Unemployment (alternately unemployment under 25 or under 30—label clearly)

i. Ages 15-24: Male: 17.2% Female: 47.9 %

j. Literacy rate: male, female and overall

i. Male: 83% Female: 59.4%

Part IV – Arab Spring Experience – Use the links on the Arab Spring page on my website to find answers to the following questions; be as complete as you can with your answers:

1. When did the protests begin?

A. December 2010

2. How did they begin? What seemed to be the specific cause?

B. They began when a man who was selling fruit set himself on fire. The specific cause of the protests were the oppressing government going against the Arabian people.

3. What were the people protesting?

C. Against their government,t and for democracy.

4. Who was involved in the protests? Were there leaders? Who?

D. Common people were involved in the protests, no real large leaders.

5. What role, if any, has social media (internet, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.) played in the uprising?

E. Since many news sites are on twitter Facebook, internet and have access to YouTube, the news of all the up rises has reached other countries and possibly fueled the drive to go against their governments. Other countries would find out about it and join in too.

6. What was the extent of the protests (number of people or geographical area)?

F. The protests stretch over many countries like, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, West Bank, Israel, Lebanon, and Iran.

7. Have there been deaths? Approximately how many? G.Yes, over 35,000 deaths in total of the major countries participating in the Arab Spring.

7. What has been the result?

H. Some countries have overthrown their own government, and others are in the process of doing so.

10. Have international organizations (for example, the Arab League, the UN, NATO) or other countries been involved in events in your country? If so, how?

I. The UN has played a significant role in the progression of the Arab Spring in Egypt. Nice Egypt is in the UN, they have been aided and assisted.

11. What has been the position of the United States on events in your country?

J. The United states is providing help where they can,.

Part V – The Current State of Affairs

• As a group, use resources from my website to answer the following question:

1. What is happening in your country now?

a. Interim military administration took charge

i. Promising to effect a quick transition to democracy

ii. New interim democracy was formed

b. Key demand of revolutionaries

i. Lifting of Egypt’s emergency law has not been fulfilled

ii. Law was partially lifted after January 2012 elections

c. Egypt’s teeming cities are almost all agricultural activity

i. Concentrated along banks of the Nile

ii. Deserts occupy most of Egypt

d. Economy depends heavily on agriculture, tourism and cash remittances from Egyptians working abroad

i. Mainly in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries

2. Who is in charge of the government?

a. Mohammed Hussein Tantawi

3. Will there be/have there been elections? If so when were they held or when are they scheduled?

a. Yes

b. Held for the head of state, president, and bicameral legislature

c. New bicameral legislature being elected

d. President of Egypt

i. Six year term

ii. Election held on May 23rd/24th of May 2012

iii. Runoff election on June 16/17

iv. Second election in Egypt

4. What key challenges, ongoing and new, does the country face today?

a. Overpopulation

b. Poverty

2. Develop information about the current conditions in your country (for the 4 countries that have forced their leaders from power, current means during the period from the time the leader was deposed to the present; for Syria and Bahrain, current means over the past 6 months). Find newspaper articles or, other periodical articles, one article for each person in your group. You can find the type of articles you need using library sources (try a Proquest or Google News search) or many of the links on my web site.

• Collectively, the articles must cover the period completely

• Each person in your group is personally responsible for finding and summarizing one article (an individual grade will be given for the summary)

• Each summary must be between 5-10 sentences in length, be written in the student’s own words (and not simply quote the article), and give a person who has not read the article a reasonably clear and complete idea of the main points of the article.

• Each summary should be identified with the name of the student who wrote it and specify the source, date and author of the article summarized.

Khalil Dandan

The article that I did was loans to Egypt hinge on democracy issues. The international community has offered Egypt billions of dollars in desperately needed financial aid, on the condition that the country bolsters democracy and the protection of human rights.



Elise Morrison

New Turmoil in Egypt Greets Mixed Verdict for Mubarak

​This article is very important. The leader that Egypt was ruling over was sentenced to jail for killing unarmed protestors. This is actually a big step for Egypt, according to them. This is the first time that an influential man was put into jail by his own people. This could be the first step in getting a democratic rule for the Egyptian people. Mubarak has seemed to be avoiding sentencing by being ill, and ‘needing support of his family’. This was a big step forward for the Egyptians wanting democratic rights.

Issy Morlidge

The article I read was called Egypt Profile on the BBC. It is about Egypt’s government.  The article talks about President Gamal Abdul Nasser revolutionary Arabian nationalism. Also he created the non-aligned movement. During this movement his successor Anwar Sadat made peace with Israel and headed back to the west. The article also converses Egypt’s current state which is that their economy rests on agriculture, tourism and cash. Also their dread is that the quantity of Islamists voting in the election could impend democratic advances, the rank of Coptic Christians, and women, and the vital tourism industry.

"BBC News - Egypt country profile - Overview." BBC - Homepage. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 June 2012. .

Nicole

EGYPT NEWS- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, MAY 2012

  Hosni Mubarak, was deposed and sentenced to life in prison for being an accomplice  in the killing of unarmed demonstrators , this ended his nearly 30 year rule. Since the current president is sentenced to life in prision, they are holding presedential elections for a new president. The first competitive presidential election in the arab world began in Egypt. It started on may 23, 2012. The canidates are Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafik. Egypt , the most populous country in the arab world, had mas protests break out on January 25, 2011.  

Ali Becker

Article: Egypt Army Sets 6-Month Blueprint, but Future Role Is Unclear

Author: DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

Date: Feb. 14. 2011

Summary:

After Mubarak was arrested, power was handed over to the army council. Recently the military has drafted a six month plan and eventually elect a new government. There have been many disputes between which government is favored. Egypt was under direct military rule however the question of a smooth transition lingers from military rule to democracy. In addition to a new government, an option about a fundraiser has been talked about to raise over 17 billion dollars to help those in poverty.

 Citation:

Reporting., David D. Kirkpatrick; Dawlat Magdy, Mona El-naggar And Liam Stack Contributed. "Egypt Army Sets 6-Month Blueprint, but Future Role Is Unclear." The New York Times. The New York Times, 15 Feb. 2011. Web. 08 June 2012. .

 

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