Everything started in Tunisia in December last year when a series of protests against unemployment, inflation and corruption led to the escape of president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali on January 14th. Ben Ali ruled the country for 23 years. On January 25th the uprising in Egypt erupted that led to Hosni Mubarak step down after almost 30 years in power. In the meantime unrest spread to Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Morocco and even Iran. The protests differ both in motives and in scale. The countries themselves also differ in terms of system, religious influence and military presence. euinside is following the developments from the very beginning and is looking for the reasons and the impact.