Key Terms
Who Did It?
Tunisia vs Egypt
What Changed?
The Bigger Picture
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What word does Bayat use for a mix of "revolution" and "reform"?
Refolution
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Who started the uprisings?
Young people (the youth)
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Which country became a democracy after the revolution?
Tunisia
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After the revolution, did more or fewer women ask for divorce?
More women
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After 2011, did protests around the world go up or down?
Up
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What is "al-dawla al-amiqa" in English?
The deep state
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Which group helped keep the protests peaceful and "civilized"?
Women
200
Which country went back to military rule?
Egypt
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Did young people move toward or away from political Islam?
Away from it
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Where do today's movements share their plans, making it easy for governments to watch them?
Social media
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What does Bayat call it when rulers make reforms from above to stop a real revolution?
A passive revolution
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Who joined the youth and turned the protests into a real revolution?
Ordinary people (parents, workers, farmers, the elderly)
300
A taxi driver in Tunis said there is no revolution, but people gained one thing. What was it?
Freedom to speak out
300
What did people lose during the uprisings that changed them forever?
Their fear
300
Who knows more about the other today: governments or protest movements?
Governments
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What does Bayat call educated people who end up stuck in insecure, low-paid jobs?
The middle-class poor
400
In southern Tunisia, which town's people blocked oil production to demand jobs?
El-Kamour
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What did Tunisia fail to give the poor after the revolution?
Social justice (jobs and equality)
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Ten years later, did most Arabs still see the uprisings in a positive way?
Yes
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A poor driver in Cairo said the next revolution would be "the revolution of the..." what?
The hungry
500
What is the name for a divorce that the wife asks for?
Khul'
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Who did the poor have on their side in the new governments?
No one (they had no allies)
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In which country did more of the revolution's gains last, and why?
Tunisia, because democracy left room to keep protesting
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What does Bayat say is the most lasting change from the revolution?
How people think (their mindset)
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According to Bayat, do people choose revolution freely?
No, their circumstances force them to
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