5. SUB-REGIONS
• Maghreb
- Consists of Algeria,
Morocco, Tunisia,
Libya, Mauritania
- An Arabic word
which means “where
the sun sets”
6. SUB-REGIONS
• Mashriq
- Covers parts of territory
from west to east
(Senegal, Southern
Mauritania, Mali, Burkina,
Faso, Southern Algeria,
Niger, Northern Nigeria,
Chad, Sudan, Northern
Ethiopia, and Eritrea.
- An Arabic word
meaning “where the sun
rises”
15. PRODUCTS
Country Products
Western Sahara 1. Major Phosphate producer
Tunisia 1. Wood products
Algeria 1. Olive Oil
Egypt 1. Cotton
2. Textile industry
Morocco 1. Coal
2. Leather goods
Libya 1. Petroleum and natural gas (
National Oil Company of
Libya; Waha Oil Company)
16. CURRENCY
Country Currency
Morocco Dirham
Algeria Algerian Dinar
Tunisia Tunisian Dinar
Libya Libyan Dinar
Egypt Egyptian Pound
Sudan Sudanese Dinar
Western Sahara Dirham
18. COUNTRY TYPE OF HEAD OF NATIONAL
NAME GOVERNMENT STATE FLAG
MORROCO Constitutional King Mohammed
Monarchy IV (since July 23,
1999)
ALGERIA Republic Incumbent
Abdelaziz
Bouteflika (since
April 27, 1999)
TUNISIA Republic Incumbent
Moncef Marzouki
(since December
13, 2011)
19. COUNTRY TYPE OF HEAD OF NATIONAL
NAME GOVERNMENT STATE FLAG
LIBYA Works under National
transitional Transitional
government Council (since
February 27, 2011)
EGYPT Republic Incumbent
Mohamed
Hussein Tantawi
(since February
11, 2011)
22. SUB-REGIONS
• Arabian peninsula
• a peninsula which consists
of barren desert areas
between the Red Sea and
the Persian Gulf
• strategically important for its
oil resources
• Countries:
• Saudi arabia
• Qatar
• Oman
• Bahrain
• Kuwait
• United Arab of Emirates
• Yemen
23. SUB-REGIONS
• Fertile Crescent
• The term was popularized by the American
Orientalist James Henry Breasted.
• refers to part of the ancient Near East that
has been considered to be the principal
center for the emergence of agriculture,
villages, and cities, and hence the “cradle
of civilization.”
• extends in an arc from the Nile River valley
through Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria
and into Iraq
• a rich food-growing area in a part of the
world where most of the land is too dry for
farming
• a boomerang shaped region that extends
from the eastern shore of the
Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
• countries:
• Israel
• Jordan
• Lebanon
• Syria
34. PRODUCTS
Countries Products Notes
Iran Oil One of the largest economy in the
Automotive Middle East and has the potential to
Telecommunications be one of the world’s largest
Petrochemical economies in the 21st century
Banking and Insurance
Iraq Oil The war with the United States had
handicapped Iraq’s economy
U.A.E Oil
Saudi Arabia Oil
Petrochemical and chemical
products (SABIC-Saudi Arabian
Basic Industries Corporation)
Gol, Aluminum, Phosphate
(Ma’aden
Yemen Khat Relies on expatriate remmittances
Oil(Limited)
Oman Oil Middle east’s most reliant country in
oil
36. COUNTRY TYPE OF HEAD OF NATIONAL
NAME GOVERNMENT STATE FLAG
IRAN Theocratic Incumbent
Republic Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad
(since August 3,
2005)
IRAQ Parliamentary President Jabal
Democracy Talabani (since
August 7, 2005)
OMAN Monarchy Sultan Qaboos
bin Said Al Said
(since July 23,
1970)
37. COUNTRY TYPE OF HEAD OF NATIONAL
NAME GOVERNMENT STATE FLAG
YEMEN Republic Incumbeny Abd
Rabbuh Mansur
Al-Hadi(since
February 25, 2012)
SAUDI ARABIA Monarchy Abdullah bin
Abdul-Aziz Al
Saud (since
August 1, 2005)
UNITED ARAB Federal Sheikh Mohamme
EMIRATES d bin Rashid Al
Maktoum (Since
January 4, 2006)
46. REASONS FOR UPRISING
-A wave of protests has erupted throughout the Middle East
and North Africa. A combination of the global financial crisis,
rising costs of living, high unemployment — especially of
educated youth, frustration from decades of living under
authoritarian and corrupt regimes, various document leaks
revealing more details about how governments around the
world are dealing and viewing each other, have all combined
in different ways in various countries, leading to a wave of
rising anger.
-Some protests have become revolutions as governments
such as those in Tunisia and Egypt have been overthrown.
Others have not got that far but have sometimes been
peaceful, other times met with very brutal repression.
47. - These protests do not only happen in a single country but also to those
states goverened by an authoritarian government. Pro-democracy
citizens struggles to overthrow leaders who abuse their authoritarian
power for their personal interests.
- We may wonder why these protests that later turned out to be revolutions
were not as peaceful like what happened in our country. It’s because of
the long-running oppressive regimes who assumes power taking it to a
high level of audacity. As situations like these arise, ordinary citizens took
up arms to help free themselves from the brutal regimes. This caused a
more violent atmosphere between the two opposing sides.
- It is also because leaders of these countries has decided to ratchet up the
firepower, to crush this uprising once and for all to break their spirit, to
seal these areas off so they can't get in, so that they can't get medical
supplies in, so that they can't bring weapons in to support themselves as
a last resort to stop these people.
48. ARAB SPRING
The uprising of these countries in the Middle East and North
Africa particularly Syria, Libya, Tunisia etc. are a part of a wider
on-going violent conflict, termed as the ARAB SPRING which
started more or less in 2010 affecting large part of the Arab
World. Arab Spring is may be literally interpreted as Arabic
Rebellions/Arab Revolutions that are currently bombarding
many countries in the west. It is a revolutionary wave of
demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that
began approximately in December 2010. To date, rulers have
been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt Libya, and Yemen;
civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain and Syria; major protests
have broken out in
Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco and Oman; and minor
protests have occurred in Lebanon, Mauritania, Saudi
Arabia, Sudan, and Western Sahara.
Clashes at the borders of Israel in May 2011 and the Palestine
194 movement have also been inspired by the regional Arab
Spring.
49. The protests have shared
techniques of civil resistance in
sustained campaigns involving
strikes, demonstrations, marches,
and rallies, as well as the use
of social media to organize,
communicate, and raise
awareness in the face of state
attempts at repression
and Internet censorship.
Many demonstrations have met
violent responses from
authorities, as well as from pro-
government forces and counter-
demonstrators.
50. EFFECTS/IMPACT TO THE WORLD
- Left and right protests caused an uproar affected
extremely the social life not only of the citizens of the
country but also other nationalities including OFWs of
our own.
- Since the west is known for their huge production of
oil, these protests somehow hinders the trade of these
countries around the world. Why? Of course, traders are
afraid of terrorist attacks and tend to search for other
sources of oil to avoid these kind of matters.
- - This series of conflicts continue to threaten the future of
countries not only in the middle east but also the
countries around the world, hindering it to progress.
