Blog 18 – Second Integrated Quote: “Rage, Rap And Revolution”

The Arab youth are driven young protesters who have ignited revolutions throughout the Arab world. They want change and they want it now. These young people are on a journey to get rid of political oppression throughout the Arab world. Despite the lack of campaign for change from their parents, the Arab youth has empowered themselves for a democratic transformation. The young generation has dismissed the idea that they need foreign assistance or outside inspiration with achieving revolutionary change, they are just simply “doing it for themselves”(Ghosh, Paragraph 20). The youth wants democratic modification but they do not have a clear vision of what kind of democracy they exactly want. The biggest fundamental transformation that the youth wants is free Libya to have free and fair elections. “ ‘I don't care who ends up running this country,' says Egyptian student Khaled Kamel, 'as long as I have the ability to change them if I don't like them.' "(Ghosh, Paragraph 10) The youth feels that having the power to kick out a leader every couple years is power in their hands that they can have over the government. With this power, the Libyans can always check the power of the government whenever their government is being unjust. The young Arab people have sparked change in Egypt, Tunisia and Bahrain and have sparked revolutions in Libya with many Arab countries on the way. The Arab youth have accomplished rather greatly over the recent time span but they are certainly not finished yet.