Arab Spring Facebook Page• Symbol• Title of “Event Page”• Background information: – Where (ex: Leader’s house)– When (date and time-fictional)– Who is organizing the event (rich, poor, educated, army, etc.) • 3 reasons for protest

• 2 appropriate friends (real or fictional)• 3 “posts” from group members– 1 from a government official/supporter– 2 from protesters

• 1 comment on a post

The POWERPresident Colonel Qaddafi of Libya

• Longest serving leader of Libya- provide stability to your country

• Brought popular democracy to Libya• Focused on education and Islamic

morals• Supported liberation movements

around Africa and the Middle East• Humanitarian- poured large amounts

of money into poor African states• Will fight to the death in defense of his

leadership• Great Manmade River- largest

freshwater pipeline

The PEOPLE Libya

• President (Colonel Qaddafi) has been in power for 42 years and rules with an iron fist.

• Under his rule…– Garbage in streets– Poor infrastructure– High unemployment (30%)– Controls the media– Uses violence against the people– He and his family have accumulated over $60

billion – Killed Libyan dissidents abroad– Police crackdownshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tcKhW1URtQ

(Colorful history of Qaddafi 4:00)

The PowerPresident Hosni Mubarak of Egypt

• Provided stability for Egypt for 30 years

• Peace with Israel, no violent attacks on either side

• Stability for foreigners• Cracks down on religious

extremists and terrorists• Economic success• Re-elected by majority votes

The PEOPLE Egypt

• Your President, Hosni Mubarak, has ruled for with an iron fist for 30 years.• Under Mubarak…

– Police can arrest people without charge– Police torture and cruelty– Detain prisoners indefinitely– Security forces– Limited freedoms (speech/expression/assembly)– Corruption– Monopoly on power– No free and fair elections– Opposed to worker’s rights– No one can run against him in elections– Legalized censorship – Family wealth between $40-70 billion

• http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/01/25/world/middleeast/1248069586905/day-of-anger-in-egypt.html (Anger in Egypt 2:02)

The PowerAli Abdullah Saleh al-Hashidi of Yemen

• The people are unhappy with your leader and protested for him to resign after short three years.

• lacked of democratic reform• widespread corruption• human rights abuses were carried

out by him and his allies. Recently injured by a rocket attack on his palace’s mosque during prayer.

The PEOPLEYemen

Your president Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Hashidi has only been president for three years.Under his presidency:• Government security forces are:

killing of civilians Using excessive force arbitrarily detaining citizenstorturing and ill treating citizens with things like suffocation.

• Checkpoints• Disruption of utilities such as gas and water. • Bombings of neighbors by military

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/09/19/world/middleeast/100000001062499/timescast-protesters-killed-in-yemen.html

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/01/27/world/middleeast/1248069592784/yemenis-demand-change-of-government.html (protests in Yemen 1:30)

http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/7766024-418/yemen-street-battles-escalate-killing-9-people.html (article only)

The PowerBashar al-Assad

of Syria

• Wants unity between government, state institutions and the people.

• Created a constitution that allows demonstrations

• Is open to any suggestions by the people• Believes in a strength of the Syrian

citizens and their all participation where they know their rights and their place.

The People Syria

• Military conducts military and policing operations• Attacks on peaceful protesters occurring at an

alarming rate(no one has been tried for these attacks)

• Paying high taxes• Average person earns about $250.00 a month• High unemployment, many people actually travel to

Lebanon where they are treated extremely bad• http://tv.ibtimes.com/saying-no-to-syrian-president-bashar-al-assad/

943.html (overview 1:29)• http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/syria-crisis-government-attacks-

continue-15528025 (1:10)