Do you remember ponchos in grade three? All the tamagachis you had in grade four? Ooh, and sidebangs fully became trendy when I was in grade six. And aside from BlackBerry phones and ipods, today's fads seems to include protests.
The Tunisiasn campaign to remove president Ben Ali was successful, as was the following Egyptian revolt. The Algerian protestation is still underway, as are two others.
Today marks the fourth day of anti-government protests in Yemen. Citizens are aiming to end President Saleh's 32 year reign. At this moment Saleh states that he plans to step down in 2013, but rallies are still continuing.
Bahrain, a small island country near the west shore of the Persian Gulf, has a little more than a million citizens who are are all ruled by a royal family -the Al Khalifas- Currently citizens are revolting and demanding more political freedom. When the group was firstly created on facebook with more than 13 400 followers it was intended to be quite peaceful, unfortunately this is not the current case. Citizens have been throwing rocks and bricks, riot police have been firing both bullets and tear gas. If you're reading this from Bahrain right now it would be the 15th of February, marking the second day of protests. If you're in Canada its still Valentine's day (happy Valentine's day!) but the time difference makes it tomorrow, still the second day of the Bahrainian campaign.
Hoping to keep you informed,
-em
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