SMT in MENA

1. SMT seeks to explain the collective efforts of people to achieve a common goal. Even though the MENA is considered primitive and backwards but through SMT we understand how the grassroots movements take place there.
2. There is some bias on how the MENA is perceived by the west. However, the important thing is that even the MENA is capable of the same social movements to drive change. The culture of each place is different hence the way the MENA operates may be different from how the American Civil Rights movements had ocurred.
3. There are more than just state actors involved when it comes to social movements in MENA. For example, there are political, international and civil society actors that influenced the success of the movements. If any countries in MENA tried to oppress the voice of the masses, there were different steps taken to transform the outcome, whether it is through an NGO or an international organization.