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- Title: Mubarak and Ben Ali's Ouster Reflects Arabs' Hunger for Change (Mideast-Unrest)
- Author : The Weekly Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Release Date : January 26, 2011
- Genre: Reference,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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Public pressure which forced Hosni Mubarak out of office in Egypt earlier this month has sent shockwaves throughout the Arab world ruled mostly by dictators or authoritarian governments. Mubarak, 82, was the second Arab leader to be ousted by a popular uprising in less than a month, sparking jubilation and celebration in the streets of Arab countries and sending a clear warning to autocrats across the Arab world and beyond. Mubarak was forced to step down on Feb. 11 and handed power to the army after 18 days of relentless rallies by thousands of young Egyptians protesting against poverty, corruption and repression and demanding public freedoms and an end to the autocrat's rule. Mubarak's ouster came on the heels of Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's overthrow by a similar popular uprising demanding a democratic change in the North African country. Since Ben Ali, 69, was ousted on Jan. 14 after more than 23 years as president, the specter of the Tunisia-style revolt has been haunting most Arab countries ruled for decades by authoritarian governments which deprive their citizens of any kind of public freedoms or human rights. The potential for unrest exists in many Arab countries, which like Egypt and Tunisia, are reeling under worsening economic conditions, poverty, unemployment, police repression and lack of public freedoms. The dramatic overthrow of two Arab presidents under pressure of street public demonstrations in less than a month clearly reflected in no ambiguous way the Arab people's hunger for change and a democratic rule in countries notorious for suppressing their citizens.
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