Basic foods (rice, wheat, corn, etc.) up 1/3 in price in the last few months and more than that if one tacks on a few years. Fuel for cooking and transportation up similarly.
Few jobs for a growing young population, out of work.
These are the driving factors.
Of course more freedoms would be nice but a full stomach comes first.

Keith A. may be deficient in geographical knowledge, but will some of the Middle East follow in the months to come?