Lebanon and the Arab uprisings -

Abstract

The civic uprisings known as the Arab Spring have destabilized an already shaky Middle East and North Africa. Citizens and governments are coping with a period of intense economic and political transition. The Islamic world is facing a historically significant period of transitioning power; shifting ideologies and new systems of government and economy have birthed a violent and unpredictable future. Revolutionaries brought explosive social changes in Libya, Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and other adjacent countries. Lebanon, formerly the ‘Pearl of the Middle East’, is caught in the middle of these socio-political and economic changes. It is important to try to measure the effect of these revolutions on the Lebanese economy and weather Lebanon can benefit from it in anyway. The first chapter will introduce the course of action of this study in achieving its goal in fine point; the second chapter will present a brief overview on the buildup of the Arab uprisings in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Syria; the third chapter will illustrate the history of the Lebanese economy in the past 20 years; the fourth part will try to measure the effect of the Arab Uprisings especially the Syrian revolutions on the Lebanese economy and the fifth and final chapter will provide a conclusion on the facts established and analyzed in this mission.