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082	0	4	_222 _a305.2350956 _bARA
245	0	0	_aArab Spring dreams : _bthe next generation speaks out for freedom and justice from North Africa to Iran / _cedited by Sohrab Ahmari and Nasser Weddady ; foreword by Gloria Steinem.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2012.
300			_axvi, 235 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_a"Featuring writings from the American Islamic Congress's Dream Deferred Essay Contest."
500			_aIndex : p. [231]-235.
520			_a"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"--
650		0	_aYouth _zMiddle East _xSocial conditions. _2BUEsh
650		0	_aYouth _xPolitical activity _zMiddle East. _2BUEsh
650		0	_aYouth movements _zMiddle East. _2BUEsh
650		0	_aYouth _zMiddle East _vBiography. _2BUEsh
650		0	_aCivil rights _zMiddle East. _2BUEsh
650		0	_aArab Spring, 2010- _2BUEsh
651		0	_aMiddle East _xPolitics and government _y21st century. _2BUEsh
651		0	_aMiddle East _xSocial conditions _y21st century. _2BUEsh _922774
653			_bBUSBOL _cMay2016
700	1		_aAhmari, Sohrab, _eeditor.
700	1		_aWeddady, Nasser, _eeditor.
700	1		_aSteinem, Gloria, _eauthor of introduction, etc.
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