What Happened?

Egypt, a mostly Arab and Muslim country with a

population of 80
million people
located in north
Africa began
protesting their
tyrannical
government, who
took no account
of the peoples
wishes, extreme amount of corruption from their own leaders
and oppressive poverty in 2011. The uprisings and riots
began with inspiration from the previous riots in Tunisia (a
country in north Africa who was under the same conditions
as Egypt) that led to the fall of the Tunisian government. The
people of Egypt aimed for justice and wanted the same
result as Tunisia, this is how the riots originated. The citizens
of Egypt are unhappy because they basically have no
freedom and the country is significantly poor while the ruling
government is taking no action to restore the economy. With
change as their ambition, hundreds of thousands of
Egyptians took the street, most resulting in violence.

What The Columnists Said

Many columnists have thought about the affect of the

protests on America. A columnist from the Wall Street Journal
claims, The coming days carry huge risks for America's
most important Arab ally and largest Arab state, as the
reaction in global markets yesterday showed. This is
precisely the dangerous pass that critics of U.S. policy had
warned about for so many years. This is an interesting
thought and makes us look at the protests in a different light.
The question is, how do political problems in other countries
that seem so distant affect us?