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Middle East Protest

Middle East Protest. Noah Broutman. Hosni Mubarak. Former president of Egypt Resigned because of protest President for 30 years Passed power to military Stepped down on February 11, 2011. Egyptian Protest. Protest lasted eight days

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Middle East Protest

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  1. Middle East Protest Noah Broutman

  2. Hosni Mubarak • Former president of Egypt • Resigned because of protest • President for 30 years • Passed power to military • Stepped down on February 11, 2011

  3. Egyptian Protest • Protest lasted eight days • Protesting because citizens wanted president Hosni Mubarak to step down. • Protestors have been shot by police • Thousands of Protesters

  4. Yemen Protest • 3,000 Protesters • Started February 7, 2011 • Protesting Against President Saleh • President Saleh got rid of the law saying he was president for life, to try to calm down protesters

  5. Muammar Gaddafi • President for 42 years • Vows to fight “to my last drop of blood” • Thinks the protesters are delusional • Told people that they could hurt protesters and they would not be stopped by authorities

  6. Libya Protest • Protesting against President Muammar Gaddafi • Not aloud to fly above the country • Lots of protesters killed • Oil prices have risen up by a lot

  7. Bahrain Protest • Using rubber bullets so protesters don’t get badly hurt • Kids are protesting also • 27 year-old protester killed causing protesters to get furious

  8. Iran Protest • Started after popular uprising in Egypt • Dozens of protesters arrested • Protesters threw rocks, set fires, and chanted anti-government slogans

  9. Algerian Protest • Government got rid of their state of emergency law that has existed since their civil war in 1992 • Protesting got banned, but the people protest anyway • 1000s of protesters fight with police

  10. Fires • Tunisian man committing suicide inspired more than a dozen men to set themselves on fire • Over 3 dozen have set their selves on fire so far

  11. Chinese Protest • Want fore food, work, fairness, and homes • Formed opposition groups

  12. Morocco Protests • Mad at King • Citizens think the king has to much power • Protesting in streets

  13. Ibrahim Dabbashi • U.N. ambassador • Lives in New York • Against Gaddafi ordering protesters to be killed • Thinks a genocide is happening in Libya

  14. References • http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2045888,00.html • http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/24/libya-benghazi-muammar-gaddafi • http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/middle-east-protest-setting-fire/story?id=12749520 • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/06/egypt-protests-government-talks-press-freedom-martial-law_n_819212.html

  15. References Continued • http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/feb/20/arab-and-middle-east-protests-middleeast • http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/egypt/index.html

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