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Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa

Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa. By: Stormy Roberts, Angeles Chavez, Matt Davis, and Ravi Chikhliya. Democracy. Democracy- A system of government by the whole population of all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

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Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa

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  1. Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa By: Stormy Roberts, Angeles Chavez, Matt Davis, and Ravi Chikhliya

  2. Democracy • Democracy- A system of government by the whole population of all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. • Example: United States government

  3. Democracy affecting countries in Middle East and North Africa • The governments in the middle east like to have control over their citizens, so the topic of democracy scares them because it would take the control away from the government. • For example, they restrict the religion the citizens have.

  4. Syria Election • In Syria for the 2000 election, the only candidate, Bashar Al-Assad ran for and won the Presidential Election. 97.29%

  5. Israel • The riots and upheaval in Egypt due to the conversion to democracy has Israelis and their American backers scared of the possible change to democracy.

  6. Middle East Today • The unfortunate fact is that the region has virtually no experience with Liberal Democracy. Its history of non-governmental political organization is severely limited. The region is mired in tribalism, sectarianism, brutally imposed secularism or Islamic law, dictatorships and monarchies. None of these are steppingstones to Democratic governance.

  7. Egypt • On February 11, 2011, with the combined forces of demography and technology President Hosni

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