In the years preceding the revolution, many people in the Arab world experienced horrible living conditions. Conditions such as repression of civil rights and government corruption have brought people together. The use of social networks and the Internet has greatly strengthened these points because “[people's] grievances have become] collectively understood” (Rennick 162). Sarah Anne Rennick, a political scientist, also notes that these shared feelings have transformed into “a collective confidence in the ability to achieve change” and have therefore stimulated people's mobilization. The transmission of the tribulation through social networks has united people under the same perspective allowing them to act together during