Counting costs and benefits of Arab Spring | GulfNews.com:
"As the third anniversary of the Arab Spring looms, it is possibly fair to look at some economic data which contributed to this defining moment in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region’s recent history.
Put differently, it is unfair to overlook the socio-economic causes of the Arab Spring in late 2010, starting with Tunisia.
In fact, the informal economy or the economy at large served as the foundation stone of Arab Spring. Mohammad Bu Azizi in Tunisia was working as a street vendor when a municipal official and her aides decided to confiscate, harass and humiliate him on charges of doing business in a public area illegally.
In protest, he set himself ablaze and died from the horrific injuries. Subsequent public anger forced President Bin Ali to step down and to flee the country in early January 2011 after 23 years in power."
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