Arab Spring Democracy in the Middle East
the protests, uprisings , revolutions in middle east , north africa, beginning on 18 december 2010, brought overthrow of tunisian , egyptian governments. libya brought 6-month civil war brought end of gaddafi s 41-year rule. bahrain , yemen experiencing uprisings. uprising in syria led full-scale civil war. tunisia , egypt have held elections considered fair observers. mohamed mursi sworn in egypt s first democratically elected president on 30 june 2012 , removed field marshal abdel fattah el-sisi in june 2013. many other countries in region calling democracy , freedom, including: algeria, armenia, azerbaijan, djibouti, iran, iraq, jordan, oman, yemen, kuwait, mauritania, morocco, saudi arabia, sudan , turkey. research confirms (in general) people in islamic societies support democracy.
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