Insofar as a social movement is «an organized, sustained, self - conscious
challenge to
existing authorities» (Tilly, 1984), the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions included a multiplicity of informal and formal institutions and alliances: students, unions, professionals, religious groups, etc.And while the master frames calling for the ouster of Mubarak and Ben Ali were no doubt unifying discursive devices that were readily supported by most if not all of the protestors, secondary frames — calls for democracy, social justice, freedom, and dignity — presented significant points of divergence not only
in and between Islamist and non-Islamist groups, but between the secular - liberal youth who are credited with initiating the mass protests
in the
first place.