Heidi Ann Davis

Author Biography

Heidi Ann Davis worked primarily with the Center for Threat Convergence on the topic of Security Sector Reform and Peace Operations.

Previously, she worked for Centre for Development and Peace Education in Mayagba, Sierra Leone with various civil society groups focusing on disability issues.

She is the Administrative Chair of the Cornwallis Group, a yearly conference on operations analysis of peace operations.

Heidi Ann received a BA in Anthropology from New Mexico State University, where she focused mainly on evolutionary theory. She is currently a MA candidate in Conflict Analysis at George Mason University.

Education
New Mexico State University, BA (Anthropology)
George Mason University , MA Candidate (Conflict Analysis)

Languages
English, Sierra Leonean Krio, Swahili

Hometown
Fairfax, Virginia

Publications

From Sidi Bouzid to Cairo: Indicators of Instability

February 11, 2011
By Heidi Ann Davis
The Fund for Peace Commentary

As the Egyptian government of Hosni Mubarak falls, it is remarkable that the outpouring of popular anger on the streets of Cairo that led to his ouster actually began 2,109 km away in Tunisia.

On 28 December 2010, a 26-year-old sat down in front of the municipal building in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, doused himself with a liter and half of gasoline and lit himself on fire. Five years from now, it is doubtful that people will remember the name of Mohamed Bouazizi, but they will remember he started a revolution, not only in his own country, but in Egypt as well. The story of a desperate college graduate committing suicide in such a public and particularly gruesome manner for losing his vegetable cart is now one for the history books.

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