Arab Spring Project: Egypt
By: Katie, Katie & Matt
History of the Protests-
- Protest began in February of 2011
- The people were protesting poverty & unemployment.
- Government responded by killing 846 people
- The result was Mubarak resigned as president
What is happening in your country now?
- Egypt is still protesting poverty and unemployment today.
- The Military is in charge of the government
- There was elections in Oct. 18 - Nov. 22 2015 but the election was pointless
- Some key challenges are that the Military has too much power
The International Community
- The United States position in all of this is President Barack Obama gave a speech saying how he agrees with the people and how they need to elect their next president.
- President Obama also helped restore their accesses to the internet.
- We would characterize this as an Revolution