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Title Arab spring dreams : the next generation speaks out for freedom and justice from North Africa to Iran
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Call No 305.2350956 WED
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Publisher Name Palgrave
Publishing Year 2012
Edition 1st
Pages 235
Price 17.00 USD
Text Language English
Available Yes, Accessions:[ 102920 ]
Description "During the Arab Spring, the world saw a long-suppressed group in the Middle East--young people--assert itself and demand its rights. But youthful dissent did not appear overnight; for decades it has been simmering beneath the surface in countries from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, from Iran to Egypt. In Arab Spring Dreams, a number of young Middle Easterners describe their experiences with the region's laws and cultural mores, including the crime of holding hands before marriage, discrimination and ha
Keywords Middle East-Youth-Social conditions; Youth-Political activity-Middle East; Middle East-Youth movements; Middle East-Youth-Biography; Middle East-Civil rights; Arab Spring-2010; Middle East-Politics and government-21st century; Middle East-Social conditions-21st century