Unrest in the Middle East

For the past couple weeks, demonstrations have spread across countries in the Middle East and North Africa. UNICEF has been monitoring the situation closely, supplying aid across the border to countries like Libya, were protests have escalated into violence. In most cases children die as collateral damage. It's important to understand the causes on unrest in these countries, which varies from country to country. What's also new about most of these protests is that they are organic protests fueled by adolescents in the country against the country's own government, not a Western backed ruler. Egypt stands apart from the rest of the countries because of the success of its revolution, not only the ousting of 30-year dictator (or president), but also its aftermath. The country did not fall into lawlessness, which is the expected outcome for the other middle eastern countries that manage--again unlikely for many countries--to oust the current leadership.

This CNN article has a pretty good break down of the protests in the different countries.

Sources:

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-02/world/mideast.africa.unrest_1_moammar-gadhafi-tehran-streets-libya?_s=PM:WORLD

http://www.unicef.org/media/media_58036.html

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1573764.ece