AN ANALYTIC APPROACH TO THE MAIN CAUSES OF NATIONAL GREAT UPRISING IN NORTHERN AFRICA

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Assistant Professor; Faculty of World , University of Tehran

Abstract

The advent of Islamic Awakening in vast parts of Arab world which ended in
government change in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt and Libya in northern Africa
and Yemen in western Asia was a resultant of different political, cultural, social and
economic problems lying inside these societies which immediately after a small
sparkle started penetrated inside the government body and in a short time ended in
these kingdom-like governments. Regarding the reasons for Islamic Awakening
occurrence in northern Africa multiple reasons have been mentioned, but they have
not been studied together much. In this article using the analysis and description
method, the researcher has tried to study the active and effective main factors on the
process of changes known as Islamic awakening (Arab spring) as the main question.

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