Arab Spring dreams :
Arab Spring dreams : the next generation speaks out for freedom and justice from North Africa to Iran /
edited by Sohrab Ahmari and Nasser Weddady ; foreword by Gloria Steinem.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- xvi, 235 p. ; 24 cm.
"Featuring writings from the American Islamic Congress's Dream Deferred Essay Contest." Index : p. [231]-235.
"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 harassment over religious beliefs, and young women fighting for the right to complete their educations. They also discuss how previous uprisings, particularly the American civil rights movement of the 1960s, might be channeled to effect change in their own countries. Beautifully written and profoundly moving, these stories present a decisive call for change at a crucial point in the evolution of the Middle East"--
9780230115927
Youth--Social conditions.--Middle East
Youth--Political activity--Middle East.
Youth movements--Middle East.
Youth--Middle East--Biography.
Civil rights--Middle East.
Arab Spring, 2010-
Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.
Middle East--Social conditions--21st century.
305.2350956 / ARA
"Featuring writings from the American Islamic Congress's Dream Deferred Essay Contest." Index : p. [231]-235.
"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 harassment over religious beliefs, and young women fighting for the right to complete their educations. They also discuss how previous uprisings, particularly the American civil rights movement of the 1960s, might be channeled to effect change in their own countries. Beautifully written and profoundly moving, these stories present a decisive call for change at a crucial point in the evolution of the Middle East"--
9780230115927
Youth--Social conditions.--Middle East
Youth--Political activity--Middle East.
Youth movements--Middle East.
Youth--Middle East--Biography.
Civil rights--Middle East.
Arab Spring, 2010-
Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.
Middle East--Social conditions--21st century.
305.2350956 / ARA