Chapter 5. The marginalization of the small peasantry: Egypt and Tunisia

Chapter 5. The marginalization of the small peasantry: Egypt and Tunisia

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

Chapter 5. The marginalization of the small peasantry: Egypt and Tunisia
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