Upon reflecting the events that occurred from 1979-2001 in the Middle East, raises the question how do Dictators hold onto their power in these unstable countries? Utmost, these events that transpired were greatly influence due to the Iranian revolution through the late 1970's (Davidi, A.). These actions transpired in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, who was the leader of a pro-Islamic government of Shi'ites known as the Islamic republic that persisted to rise up and denunciate any western influence in Iran 1970's (Davidi, A. 2002). Since there was such a large population of Shi'ites around the Middle East, there was an ever growing threat of how much these revolutions in Iran will spread across the Middle East, which also progressively concerned the United States and other Arab countries surrounding these threats. Conveniently at this time most Middle Eastern countries were having their own revolutions and power struggles, where most were seeing new leaders and political directions. For instance; the assignation of Egypt's president Anwar Sadat leads to the next notorious autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak. The Iraqi people also witnessed change in their countries direction with the submission of President al-Bakr leading to the cruel dictator Saddam Hussain. Underlining these key points, at the start of the 1980's, it is clear in such autocratic countries such as Iraq and Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries, that these insecure and unpredictable rulers all have the same "up-bringing . Before they rose to power, all were exposed to a traditional military family, in which they accustomed expectations that mounted their own perceptions of how society should be run. Studying the Documentary "Absolute Power , which was produced by Al Jazeera, Qatar, 2011, divulges the interpretation of how does a Middle Eastern Dictator clench power. This documentary pacifically narrows deferential points of a how does a Dictator survive and thrive in their countries. Particularly two Dictators of a handful that are studied in the documentary give primary examples of how to rule in a Middle Eastern country post 1979. President Hosni Mubarak and President Saddam Hussain cross a lot of the of the many headings in the documentary of how Dictators take control of their country and ultimately how they rose to power and were finally over thrown from the people. This documentary predominantly uses methods that strengths there presence of information and its usage of visual and auditory techniques, mainly presented through each opening of different segments in documentary that can forces the viewer to emulate certain feeling towards specific topics. Observing at events that stretch from 1979-2001 in the Middle East, there is underlying evidence that Dictators held their power through significant dynamics discussed in the documentary "Absolute Power . First what is the definition of a Dictator? Generally people mostly identify dictators as Germany's Adolf Hitler or Russia's Joseph Stalin and often don't associate about the tyranny that happened in the Middle East in the late 20th century due to autocratic run states. Largely the western population is more absorbed by the horrors of the Dictators of Europe in World War II, since most of their past ancestors were affected by war. This then leads to them being educated about these Dictators because of the historical context it has on western society (Augherton, A. M. 2005). However Middle Eastern revolutions were quite different within the late 20th century, where fundamentally there was more chaos/corruption among the people, different religions and intricate diverse cultural foundations compared to the west, thus in any case extensively disinterested most Western populations in these uprisings (Moharram, T. 2006 pg 1). A definition given by the Timaru Herald , explains that a "dictator is one who forces others to agree with him, even using the resources extorted from his victims against them  (Timaru Herald, 2010). Overall this definition takes similarities from past European Dictators to Arab Dictators. Just like many other autocratic states in history, people are in need of security and stability, which a Dictator can eventually supply through the armed forces that can give ruthless consequences to any enemy of the state (Barry, J., & Dickey, C. (2011, Feb 28). In 1979 due to the amassed revolutions occurring in Iran sent much of the Middle East into uncertainty of its future (Entessar, N.2000). Since there were such large populations of Shi'ites in Arab countries particularly in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, governments and leadership sought to bring a mass control upon there people (Cohen, R. (2006). If anything this revolution facilitated these Middle Eastern Dictators to get backing from their people. When the assassination of President Anwar Sadat of Egypt transpired in1981, the Muslim Brotherhood were at the heart of the blame, due to their extensive influence among groups i