TY - BOOK AU - Ahmari,Sohrab AU - Weddady,Nasser AU - Steinem,Gloria TI - Arab Spring dreams: the next generation speaks out for freedom and justice from North Africa to Iran SN - 9780230115927 U1 - 305.2350956 22 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Youth KW - Middle East KW - Social conditions KW - BUEsh KW - Political activity KW - Youth movements KW - Biography KW - Civil rights KW - Arab Spring, 2010- KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century KW - BUSBOL KW - May2016 N1 - "Featuring writings from the American Islamic Congress's Dream Deferred Essay Contest."; Index : p. [231]-235 N2 - "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"-- ER -