{"id":2169,"date":"2011-05-28T14:17:42","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T18:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=2169"},"modified":"2011-05-28T14:17:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T18:17:42","slug":"g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html","title":{"rendered":"G-8: World Banks to Give $20B for Arab Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Arab Spring? <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\"\"<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

From Wikipedia: <\/a><\/strong>The\u00a0Arab Spring<\/strong> is a\u00a0revolutionary wave<\/a> of\u00a0demonstrations<\/a> and\u00a0protests<\/a> that has been taking place in the\u00a0Arab world<\/a> since 18 December 2010. Prior to this period,\u00a0Sudan<\/a> was the only Arab country to have successfully toppled dictatorial regimes, in 1964 and again in 1985. To date, there have been revolutions in\u00a0Tunisia<\/a> and\u00a0Egypt<\/a>; a\u00a0civil war in Libya<\/a>; civil uprisings in\u00a0Bahrain<\/a>,\u00a0Syria<\/a>, and\u00a0Yemen<\/a>; major protests in\u00a0Algeria<\/a>,\u00a0Iraq<\/a>,\u00a0Jordan<\/a>,\u00a0Morocco<\/a>, and\u00a0Oman<\/a>; and minor protests in\u00a0Djibouti<\/a>,\u00a0Kuwait<\/a>,\u00a0Lebanon<\/a>,\u00a0Mauritania<\/a>,\u00a0Saudi Arabia<\/a>, and\u00a0Sudan<\/a>.[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup>[4]<\/a><\/sup>[5]<\/a><\/sup>[6]<\/a><\/sup>[7]<\/a><\/sup>[8]<\/a><\/sup>[9]<\/a><\/sup>[10]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup>[12]<\/a><\/sup> The protests have shared techniques of\u00a0civil resistance<\/a> in sustained campaigns involving strikes, demonstrations, marches and rallies, as well as the use of\u00a0social media<\/a>, such as\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>, to organize, communicate, and raise awareness in the face of state attempts at repression and\u00a0internet censorship<\/a>.[13]<\/a><\/sup> The slogan of the demonstrators in the Arab world has been\u00a0“The people want to bring down the regime”<\/a><\/em> (Arabic<\/a>:\u00a0\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0639\u0628 \u064a\u0631\u064a\u062f \u0625\u0633\u0642\u0627\u0637 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0638\u0627\u0645\u200e).[14]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"From Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n

G-8: World Banks to Give $20B for Arab Spring<\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

Published May 27, 2011 |\u00a0Associated Press<\/p>\n

\n

DEAUVILLE, France — Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations said Friday that\u00a0international development banks\u00a0could give more than $20 billion to\u00a0Egypt\u00a0and\u00a0Tunisia\u00a0to support countries that overthrew dictators this year and are trying to establish free democracies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

President\u00a0Barack Obama\u00a0and other G-8 leaders meeting in France said in a final statement that their countries will also “mobilize substantial bilateral support to scale up this effort.” The statement did not provide breakdowns of what aid specific G-8 countries would provide.<\/p>\n

The leaders encouraged other countries, including rich\u00a0Arab world nations, to contribute as well to shoring up economies in Egypt and Tunisia, where uprisings this year overthrew dictators but also scared away tourists and investors.<\/p>\n

“In the short term, our collective aim is to ensure that instability does not undermine the process of political reform, and that social cohesion and macroeconomic stability are both sustained,” the declaration said.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is Arab Spring? From Wikipedia: The\u00a0Arab Spring is a\u00a0revolutionary wave of\u00a0demonstrations and\u00a0protests that has been taking place in the\u00a0Arab world since 18 December 2010. Prior to this period,\u00a0Sudan was the only Arab country to have successfully toppled dictatorial regimes, in 1964 and again in 1985. To date, there have been revolutions in\u00a0Tunisia and\u00a0Egypt; a\u00a0civil…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[916,353,565],"tags":[928,933,932,930,365,931,929,935,934,122,936],"class_list":["post-2169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam-muslims","category-religion-of-peace","category-terrorism-2","tag-arab-spring","tag-arab-world","tag-december-18-2010","tag-demonstration","tag-facebook","tag-protest","tag-revolutionists","tag-social-media","tag-topple-regimes","tag-twitter","tag-you-tube"],"yoast_head":"\nG-8: World Banks to Give $20B for Arab Spring - Watchwoman on the Wall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"G-8: World Banks to Give $20B for Arab Spring - Watchwoman on the Wall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is Arab Spring? From Wikipedia: The\u00a0Arab Spring is a\u00a0revolutionary wave of\u00a0demonstrations and\u00a0protests that has been taking place in the\u00a0Arab world since 18 December 2010. Prior to this period,\u00a0Sudan was the only Arab country to have successfully toppled dictatorial regimes, in 1964 and again in 1985. To date, there have been revolutions in\u00a0Tunisia and\u00a0Egypt; a\u00a0civil…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Watchwoman on the Wall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-28T18:17:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/14\/Infobox_collage_for_MENA_protests.PNG\/300px-Infobox_collage_for_MENA_protests.PNG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Donna Calvin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"G-8: World Banks to Give $20B for Arab Spring - Watchwoman on the Wall","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"G-8: World Banks to Give $20B for Arab Spring - Watchwoman on the Wall","og_description":"What is Arab Spring? From Wikipedia: The\u00a0Arab Spring is a\u00a0revolutionary wave of\u00a0demonstrations and\u00a0protests that has been taking place in the\u00a0Arab world since 18 December 2010. Prior to this period,\u00a0Sudan was the only Arab country to have successfully toppled dictatorial regimes, in 1964 and again in 1985. To date, there have been revolutions in\u00a0Tunisia and\u00a0Egypt; a\u00a0civil…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html","og_site_name":"Watchwoman on the Wall","article_published_time":"2011-05-28T18:17:42+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/14\/Infobox_collage_for_MENA_protests.PNG\/300px-Infobox_collage_for_MENA_protests.PNG"}],"author":"Donna Calvin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html","name":"G-8: World Banks to Give $20B for Arab Spring - Watchwoman on the Wall","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/14\/Infobox_collage_for_MENA_protests.PNG\/300px-Infobox_collage_for_MENA_protests.PNG","datePublished":"2011-05-28T18:17:42+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-28T18:17:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/#\/schema\/person\/1470e1ef6765f8a27f970307b0835df1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/14\/Infobox_collage_for_MENA_protests.PNG\/300px-Infobox_collage_for_MENA_protests.PNG","contentUrl":"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/14\/Infobox_collage_for_MENA_protests.PNG\/300px-Infobox_collage_for_MENA_protests.PNG"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/g-8-world-banks-to-give-20b-for-arab-spring.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"G-8: World Banks to Give $20B for Arab Spring"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/","name":"Watchwoman on the Wall","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Donna Calvin","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/#\/schema\/person\/1470e1ef6765f8a27f970307b0835df1","name":"Donna Calvin","description":"In sixth grade my teacher told us that we were going to be the first generation to see the year 2000 and all things would be different. He continued that God wasn't important, wasn't real, and our parents just used God to impose restrictions on us because they were inadequate to parent effectively. I knew then I was going to be involved in a war and that I would have to be in Jesus Christ's Army. Even then, I knew the United States of America would cease to exist without the vast majority of its citizens voluntarily submitting to the Perfect and Good Laws of the Holy Bible. I am a woman who loves the Lord Jesus Christ. I am tired of seeing our LORD denigrated from the school house to the White House. I search the Internet for items that ought to serve as a warning to Americans and Christians all through America, but the nation seems to be sleeping. Wake up America! You are losing your freedoms, your children and your country. Wake up and help stop it!","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/author\/dcalvin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2169"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169\/revisions\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}