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After reading and doing research on the region that is currently in turmoil, it would make anyone realize how fortunate he or she is, especially those who live in the United States. We live in a country where we have the opportunity to choose those who govern over us, and what we want to do with the life we are given to live. Some of those in the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa are rebelling from their government and are seeking freedom. The Webster definition of oppress is “to keep someone in subservience and hardship, esp. by the unjust exercise of authority”. Millions of people are living in a society where they have no control over their lives, where the government controls them, they are living in a society where the richer stay rich and the poor become poorer. Imagine living a life where one’s voice has no meaning when it comes to government, and those in power decide the outcome of one’s life. Finally, after years of oppression people are beginning to fight back, the countries in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula are echoing from one another, and the fight for equality is happening.