Dalia Mogahed: The attitudes that sparked Arab Spring
http://www.ted.com Pollster Dalia Mogahed shares surprising data on Egyptian people's attitudes and hopes before the Arab Spring -- with a special focus on the ...
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Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Morton Bast My talk today is about something maybe a couple of you have already heard about. It's called the Arab Spring. Anyone heard of it? (Applause) So in 2011, power shifted, from the few to the many, from oval offices to central squares, from carefully guarded airwaves to open-source networks. But before Tahrir was a global symbol of liberation, there were representative surveys already giving people a voice in quieter but still powerful ways. I study Muslim societies around the world at Gallup. Since 2001, we've interviewed hundreds of thousands of people -- young and old, men and women, educated and illiterate. My talk today draws on this research to reveal why Arabs rose up and what they want now. Now this region's ...
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Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Morton Bast My talk today is about something maybe a couple of you have already heard about. It's called the Arab Spring. Anyone heard of it? (Applause) So in 2011, power shifted, from the few to the many, from oval offices to central squares, from carefully guarded airwaves to open-source networks. But before Tahrir was a global symbol of liberation, there were representative surveys already giving people a voice in quieter but still powerful ways. I study Muslim societies around the world at Gallup. Since 2001, we've interviewed hundreds of thousands of people -- young and old, men and women, educated and illiterate. My talk today draws on this research to reveal why Arabs rose up and what they want now. Now this region's ...
