Iyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي - The Arab Spring Manifesto 

This was the best speech I've heard from a person in a long time

Great speech, motivating and inspiring. Thank you for sharing

Oh wow! This was beautiful! Thank You! Sobbing now!!

The Arab Spring has been saved thanks to him

Generally great. and very inspiring. Comments - I'd (1) tone down on the self-congratulation at the beginning; (2) delete the "I'd rather see you die young" remark - sound really bad coming from a father, whatever follows it. As a libertarian surely your job is to allow your son to make his own choices, which also means choices you wouldn't approve of.

1) Democracy cannot be implemented in tribal societies. It's a contradiction. 2) The 'Arab spring' is a very dark winter for several years now. 3) Sadly, it seems the deposed tyrants of the Arab world were right in saying: "It's me or chaos". 4) The a high rate of illiteracy in most Arab countries would prevent any progress towards better governance. 5) "A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else". Take responsibility for your mistakes. Stop blaming others for the miserable state all Arab countries are in

Well meaning & sincere. Would fundamentals of Islam (Wahhabi) ever allow what you wish to achieve? Muslim Brotherhood alive & kicking? Hope against hope. Wish you well.

Revolution :- Those feeling shocked and horrified at the butchery of innocent souls, become the butchers. You have a beautiful lively son Kindred, I had to flee my country to one not known to me, with my wife who was pregnant (2 months) and two other young kids. We survived, but it was hard, when I realised victims make victim's, much changed and Loving the self opens the eyes and heart. True solutions are only found in Love, nothing else in any circumstance. I wish you well as you are a very articulate soul, with much upset within you, this you seem to wish to teach your son, I would favor for his sake, that he does not grow up with a desire to kick ass, they normally grow into the butchers. May your Love continue to light our path to the wisdom we all deserve, Much Love to you & yours

He reminds me of George Washington. His fight for freedom and liberty is the same.

"Arab Spring, or no Arabs." Beautiful, powerful and frightening talk.

Greatest speech I've ever heard!! Very inspiring and passionate!! The Arab Spring hasn't ended yet, it will end with all the dictators down and being replaced by democratic institutions and values!! I have so much respect for this man and all the activists striving to liberate their nations from tyrants!

A beautiful man with a beautiful mind. When I hear him speak, I know that the Arab Spring is still alive. And *yes* these online friendships are very real, and they are forever

Thought provoking excellent advice to your son my heart ached when I heard you May Allah protect url and guide url. Ameen

10 Islamic Rules of War Before engaging in battle, the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) instructed his soldiers: 1. “Do not kill any child, any woman, or any elder or sick person.” (Sunan Abu Dawud) 2. “Do not practice treachery or mutilation.(Al-Muwatta) 3. Do not uproot or burn palms or cut down fruitful trees.(Al-Muwatta) 4. Do not slaughter a sheep or a cow or a camel, except for food.” (Al-Muwatta) 5. “If one fights his brother, [he must] avoid striking the face, for God created him in the image of Adam.” (Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim) 6. “Do not kill the monks in monasteries, and do not kill those sitting in places of worship. (Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal) 7. “Do not destroy the villages and towns, do not spoil the cultivated fields and gardens, and do not slaughter the cattle.” (Sahih Bukhari; Sunan Abu Dawud) 8. “Do not wish for an encounter with the enemy; pray to God to grant you security; but when you [are forced to] encounter them, exercise patience.” (Sahih Muslim) 9. “No one may punish with fire except the Lord of Fire.” (Sunan Abu Dawud). 10. “Accustom yourselves to do good if people do good, and to not do wrong even if they commit evil.” (Al-Tirmidhi)

This was inspiring to the core...! Spot on speech..!

Excuse me Iyad, but i asked the same question around the similar time you asked it and kept on doing so for 15 months following the time, yes, we did have a constitution back then before Mubarak stepped down and it was the only key to avoid the military from hijacking the January 25th revolution by forcing Mubarak to resign in order to please the masses in Tahrir Square and drive them to return back home without taking out any real changes to the solid pillars of Mubarak's state/their deep state

51 people clearly prefer the Arab Winter...sad really...

Speeches buy guys like this man here should be heard more across western media outlets. It would make things much more transparent. Why is it not?

What an eloquent, well-read speaker. Arab solidarity till the end!

even not a word about the Palestinian massacre by the Zionists.

You don’t like Kuala Lumpur??

Poor Man........ On voit la suite de ces mensonges

كلام جميل ولكن لا اصدقه اياد البغدادي يظهر بشكل مستمر على قناة الجزيرة بشكل مستمر واختصاصه في اغلب السعوديه ومصر اتفهم كلامه انها دول قميعه لا شك في هذا ولكن النظام القطري ليس قمعي ولا يوجد انتخابات وقبيله تهجرت لم يهتم لهم ولا يذكرهم لماذا ؟؟؟ لو انهم مواطنين دول عربيه اخرى للكان الامر مختلف . وفي اخير هو فلسطيني مادخله يبحث عن الدميقراطية في مصر والسعوديه هذا شان السعوديين والمصريين لو المتحدث مصري ولا سعودي ويحارب الاستبداد لكان الامر مفهوما ومقبولاٍ ويطلب من العالم مساعده او حتى نقل رسالة . هل معقول فلسطيني مشغول ان يطالب بالديمقراطية في دول عربيه وبلده تحتل الاحتلال ولماذا هذا هو اهتمامه ليس فلسطين دوله عربيه وهي بلده أولى لماذا ينشر بالديمقراطية فيها !!! امثال اياد البغدادي اشك في توجهاتهم ولا اثق بهم

2014 Oslo Özgürlük Forumu'nda İyad el-Bağdat'taki konuşması.

Where were the USA and Europe during the Arab Spring? Why weren't they finding a way to prop them up? (incoming oil comment)

Woah. "if you do not make all my radical demands you will be bombed". So peaceful.

Brought tears to my eyes.. Your son is absolutely beautiful. Will be buying your book, send me a link when it comes out.

A person who was born and brought up in UAE with out any recriminations and have never been deprived of any rights infact just because of his father's position he was treated extra special at the hospital free of cost with a VVIP treatment, have earned all what he wished to and enjoyed all the bounties and blessing of life living in UAE.now trying to get a sympathy from the whole world through a social media campaign for no reason but to show it to others that how poor he is just because he is a Palestinian he can't do anything in his life just because he is a Palestinian?! yes you could have been a better human being and work for the betterment of the society in large by just sitting in UAE with the freedom, until you started to promote an arab spring which turned out to be an arab disaster then the government has no choice to but to throw you out of the country for misleading the youth, what agenda you follow is a dangerous one and God knows where do you get all the money and financial assistance to travel around the world and spit your bitterness against your own muslim fellow country. while you were just a failure in your business in UAE. I FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHO ARE FOLLOWING YOU BUT HAVE NEVER SEEN YOU ENJOYING YOUR AMAZING WONDERFULL LIFE IN THE UAE until you turned 33 yrs old and you decided to start this evil agent of yours>>>>> REAL TALK!

انت فلسطين اهتم قضيتك حقيقيه حسبي ألله والنعم الوكيل فيك يافلسطين مشغول بالمملكه

This World is a shit place...it's always been a shit place. Why? Because we all have an opinion and we either think our opinion is the only right one or we think a prophet or some other leader's opinion is the only right one. The truth is...all our opinions count but they are usually flawed...particularly when they're one-sided...even tyrants like Saddam or Assad must have done some good things at some time. Will things get better? personally, I doubt it...because there will always be inequality, prejudice, bigotry (etc etc). I'm secular Buddhist and even that has problems. If we die, then revert to pure awareness, then reincarnate where's the learning curve? IMO life only has meaning if we somehow progress elsewhere based on our accumulated wisdom. (and I don't mean "heaven" or "paradise" Some of the rewards promised in places like that are positively obscene) So we're currently still monkeys down here but I personally will still be working hard to progress because "stop the World I wanna get off at the next bus stop."

إياد فلسطيني تحدث عن كل شئ إلا إسرائيل !!!!!!!!!! لماذا يا إياد !!!!! حتى أنت تنافق من تخطب أمامهم لن تعود الأمة لأمجادها بأمثالك من الجبناء والمتزلفين