Boston University African Presidential Center2017-03-212017-03-212011-03-10https://hdl.handle.net/2144/20883This is the video of a lecture by the former President of Zanzibar, Amani Abeid Karume, on the Arab Spring in Egypt and Tunisia. "To attempt to speak on such a subject risks many errors," he said, "but any such errors are worth the risk because of the potential important lessons to learn." Within a span of a month, two North African regimes in Arab-Muslim states were crushed, beginning with the January 14 Tunisian uprising against President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, followed by the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak a few days later. In his lecture, Karume addressed both the reasons behind the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions and the consequences they've had on Africa, the Middle East, and the West.en-USCopyright 2011 Boston University. Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that: 1. The copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage; 2. the report title, author, document number, and release date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of BOSTON UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES. To copy otherwise, or to republish, requires a fee and / or special permission.Arab SpringTunisiaEgyptVideo