M E STU 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Crystallization, Marc Lynch, April 6 Youth Movement

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Middle Eastern Studies
• Course: M E STU 10
• Professor: Mahmood Monshipouri

Document Summary

Egypt has always been at the center of the arab politics. Without the tunisian example, it is extremely unlikely that so many people have answered the call to come to the streets. Unprovable hypotheticals uprisings in tunisia led to uprisings in egypt. Major religion: 90% muslims and 9% copts. Main exports: petroleum, petroleum products, and cottons. Gdp per capita: ,740 not a very rich country. Of the population of egypt lives below the poverty line. Long known for its pyramids and ancient civilization, egypt is the largest arab country. Egypt"s ancient past and the fact that it was one of the first me countries to open up to the west following napoleon"s invasion and. European influence in the 19th century gave way to a constitutional monarchy in 1922. Following the revolution of 1952, egypt declared itself a republic in 1953. Post-colonialist struggles having to do with national liberation movements throughout the. Merciless neoliberal economic package of the mubarak era.