Ahmed Rafaat Ami's Arguement In The Arab Revolution

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“I was willing to pay whatever price our freedom costs”, says 22-year-old Egyptian protester, Ahmed Rafaat Amin. This seemed to be a very popular sentiment for many participants in the Arab revolution from December 2010 up to mid-2012, initially, or, as others would argue, as far as present day. The Arab world has been frustrated with the status quo, the misuse of power, and the lack of organization of their individual governments for a number of years now. The afflicted people finally lashed out when they were provoked by the unjustified treatment towards Tunisian worker, Mohamed Bouazizi by a police official that lead to his death on December 17th, 2010 (The Globalist, 2). The activist’s intentions were to achieve a better future for their