The article written by Fareed Zakaria, to the Time Magazine (February), ‘Why it is different this time’ has thrown more light on the wave of protests in the middle east.
These protests have begun from a small country of little importance to the region’s largest and most important state challenging the rules of aristocrats and monarchs who are ruling oppressively. It is said that popular uprisings that had taken place 162 years ago in Sicily and France are similar to what is happening in the Middle East today.
From 1970 to 2007, according to researchers, 80% of all outbreaks of conflicts occurred in these countries where 60% or more of the population were youths under 30. In spite of the fact that youth are the dynamic social force, their demands have been suppressed by the Islamic fundamentalists according to one writer. The main demand of the youth protesters was that the priority be given to treating them as ‘citizens’ and not as ‘subjects’. Compared to the youth in the other Asian countries, it is accepted that youth in China and India are employed so that their contribution can be made to the economic growth of those countries.
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