No one of us had imagined that one day a Tunisian street vendor could be the spark of the greatest political development in the arab world. On the morning of December 17, the twenty-six years old Mohamed Bouazizi was selling fruits as usual in a narrow path when suddenly a police woman came to him and tried to take his fruits; Bouazizi started to resist as it is unfair then the police woman slapped him in the face in front of many witnesses. Bouazizi could not stand this humuliation because not only he was slapped in the face, but also in his pride and dignity. Then, Bouazizi decided to set himself on fire; he survived the first few days, but he passed away because of his dangerous burns.
After, the winds of change moved out the most populous country in the arab world, Egypt. Like many arab countries, Facebook, twitter, and other social networks are the only way for youth to express and share their political points of view with others. In egypt we can say that revolution started in the cyberspace; youth used to organize virtual demonstrations on FaceBook pages against the dectatorial and autocratic rule of Husni Mubarak. Then, the egyptian government had shut down Intenet connection and mobile phone communication in order to forbid people from communicating with each other. According to the electronic ressources of Alakhawayn University:"the protests in Egypt began abruptly, with many participants spurred by online postings on social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. (The government was able to block Twitter feeds for much of the afternoon and evening of Jan. 25, and it blocked Facebook access the next day. But it was too late: the wrath was already in the streets.) And just as in Tunisia, most of the protesters were apolitical. "I'm not part of any group or party," said Khalifa, the artist. "We've all just had enough."(Hauslohner,Abigail.Time; 2/7/2011, Vol. 177 Issue 5, p36-39, 4p, 4 Color Photographs).
People did not give up and they decided to orgnize a great demonstration named: 'the friday of rage", so Hosni Mubarak sent his supporters that were riding camels and horses, and they started to hit people with sticks and stones. In Friday,
2/11, the egyptian president resigned and left Cairo after giving his last speech .
Egyptian were very happy to hear the president's announcment
because they can finally participate in a transparent and
accountable elections, and put an end to the emergency law,
injustice, and corruption.
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