Arab spring dreams : the next generation speaks out for freedom and justice from North Africa to Iran / edited by Nasser Weddady and Sohrab Ahmari ; foreword by Gloria Steinem.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Ahmari, Sohrab.
• Weddady, Nasser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Youth--Middle East--Social conditions.
• Youth--Political activity--Middle East.
• Youth movements--Middle East.
• Youth--Middle East--Biography.
• Civil rights--Middle East.
• Social conditions.
• Politics and government.
• Civil rights.
• Youth.
• Youth movements.
• Youth--Political activity.
• Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.
• Middle East--Social conditions--21st century.
• Middle East.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 235 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Part I Trapped
• "I Am Not Ayman!" 15
• Monologue with the Prince 21
• Living inside 1984 25
• Leaving Ahlam Behind 33
• Seeking Salvation 39
• Citizen or Subject? 45
• At the Polling Station 49
• Memoirs of an Egyptian Citizen 53
• My Medal of Blasphemy 59
• The Shredded Exam Card 63
• The Eid al-Adha Bribe 67
• The Tragedy of My Lover 73
• Art in a Cage 79
• Black Like Me 83
• Part II Unequal
• A Persian Grandmother in Tokyo 89
• Breaking News: MP Reveals Herself as Banned Poet 95
• The Sacred Membrane 101
• The Cat at the Border Crossing 105
• Women in a Maze 109
• Women Unwelcome 113
• The Closing of My Anonymous Blog 117
• Hijacking the School Play 123
• Heaven Is Beneath Mothers' Feet 127
• My Sacred NO! 131
• Part III Breaking Through
• Contaminating Minds 139
• Breaking News: Egyptian Apostate Refuses Asylum 145
• Every Prayer Is a Gift 151
• "The Land Is for All" 157
• Triumph of the Half-Naked 161
• Breaking through the Shari'a Loophole 167
• Student Liberadon Front 173
• Dreams in a Drawer 179
• "Iran, I Will Build You Again" 181
• Undermining Decree Six 185
• Driving toward Equality 189
• Just Another Day in 2013 195
• Anonymous No More 201.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

• 9780230115927
• 0230115926

OCLC:

745979641