Rethinking the 'Arab Spring': The Root Causes of the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution and Egyptian January 25 Revolution

This article reviews the events of 2010-2011 Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions with specific attention to the background of uprisings, timeline of events and causes of the revolutions. The focus of this study is to look into the factors that ignited the revolutions, both in Tunisia and Egypt. By exa...

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Main Author: Mohd Irwan Syazli Saidin 1989- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2018
In: International journal of islamic thought
Year: 2018, Volume: 13, Pages: 69-79
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