Chapter 5. The marginalization of the small peasantry: Egypt and Tunisia
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Department
Social Research Center (SRC)
Abstract
Habib Ayeb Late in 2010 and early in 2011 unexpected political events took place in the southern Mediterranean. Popular uprisings ended two particularly tough and inflexible dictatorships. The first of these was in Tunisia, where Ben Ali escaped after his regime collapsed on 14 January 2011 after twenty-three years of exclusive power. The second was the Egyptian dictatorship, which ended one month later with the resignation of its head, Hosni Mubarak. He had been in power since 1981. In both cases, the end of dictatorship was a real political surprise as observers did not expect it. With hindsight we can see a relationship between these great political upheavals and broader political struggles in both countries in the preceding three years. These included the two most important protests in the mining region of Gafsa in south-west Tunisia, from January to June 2008, and those of Mahalla Al-Kobra in the Nile Delta.
Publication Date
Winter 1-5-2021
Document Type
Book Chapter
Book Title
Marginality and Exclusion in Egypt and the Middle East
Editors
Ray Bush , Habib Ayeb
ISBN
9781350221260
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
City
London, United Kingdom
First Page
72
Last Page
96
Keywords
marginalization, small, peasantry, Egypt, Tunisia
Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Ayeb, H.
(2021).Chapter 5. The marginalization of the small peasantry: Egypt and Tunisia. Zed Books Ltd. , 72-96
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/1202
MLA Citation
Ayeb, Habib
Chapter 5. The marginalization of the small peasantry: Egypt and Tunisia. Zed Books Ltd, 2021.pp. 72-96
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_book_chapters/1202