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Revolutionary Events
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Mohamed Bouazizi's
It was an act of self-immolation that would change the course of Arab political history. That is the significance of Mohamed Bouazizi one year on. It will be years before December 17, 2010 and the subsequent chain of events his act set off in Tunisia - and later on across the Arab world - are profoundly grasped by historians and social scientists. -
Mohamed Bouazizi's protest
It was an act of self-immolation that would change the course of Arab political history. That is the significance of Mohamed Bouazizi one year on. It will be years before December 17, 2010 and the subsequent chain of events his act set off in Tunisia - and later on across the Arab world - are profoundly grasped by historians and social scientists -
Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia
gets out of the harsh regime -
Day of Rage protests in Tahrir Square
Tuesday's demonstration, the largest Egypt has seen for years, began peacefully, with police showing unusual restraint in what appeared to be a calculated strategy by the government to avoid further sullying the image of a security apparatus widely seen as little more than corrupt thugs in uniforms. -
Hosni Mubarak resigns
Their voices have been heard and Egypt will never be the same," the president said. "By stepping down, President Mubarak responded to the Egyptian people's hunger for change, but this is not the end of Egypt's transition. It's the beginning." -
Ben Ali sentenced to 35 years in jail in abstentia
severity of Islamic Law -
Constituent Assembly results, Ennahda (moderate Islamist party) wins a mojority
moderates take over -
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali took office
New office holdder, different views -
Freedom and Justice Party
Replaced the Muslim brotherhood in party -
Ennahda announces constitustion will not cite Islamic law underscoring secular nature of government
It counters the Islamic law which is a big deal in The Middle East -
Hosni Mubarak sentenced to life
The full list of charges released by the public prosecutor was "intentional murder, attempted killing of some demonstrators...misuse of influence and deliberately wasting public funds and unlawfully making private financial gains and profits. -
Mohammad Morsi elected
egypts first democratically elected president -
Morsi asserts political control
It is easily the most significant moment in Egyptian governance since Morsi’s election — and it, surprisingly, comes just over a week after Morsi’s first cabinet was sworn in — a cabinet that seemed destined to feature Egypt’s military, with little civilian participation from beyond the Muslim Brotherhood and its sphere of allies.