1. Social Movement Theory is crucial because basic human rights and respect are necessary for societies throughout the world to function and prosper.  It is very important that we study the way groups form, take action, and ultimately enact change because this can help us to strive to foster better relationships with people across the globe.  As we saw in the video, history repeats itself and the social movements of years before can ignite new movements at any moment.  By noticing this we can better learn from the past and solve social issues much faster in the future. 
2. The Middle East and North Africa regions have long histories of political turmoil.  The Civil Rights Movement in America had more social than political implications.  Social Movement Theory can definitely be applied to the study of both areas however, in that the analytical frameworks used for each can be studied across both regions.  For instance, while studying the American Civil Rights Movement, it might be in your best interest to analyze racial or religious tensions in determining how the conflict arose.  In the political atmosphere between Palestine and Israel these same two potential reasons may be good to analyze as well even though the focus of the movement is with land, power and government as opposed to basic human rights.      
3. Although the successes of this event are controversial, the Arab Spring proved to be a very important social movement in the Islamist world.  Social Movement Theory can definitely be of use in understanding this movement better in terms of its origins and what it accomplished.  This movement was an attempt to gain more freedoms and democracy for the Islamic people.