Middle Eastern Minorities and the Arab Spring : Identity and Community in the Twenty-First Century / Tony Emile Nasrallah, Kenneth Scott Parker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nasrallah, Tony Emile, editor.

Parker, Kenneth Scott, editor.

Series:

Modern Muslim world (Piscataway, NJ) ; 2.

The Modern Muslim World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Middle East--History--21st century.

Minorities.

Religious minorities--Middle East--History--21st century.

Religious minorities.

Linguistic minorities--Middle East--History--21st century.

Linguistic minorities.

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Middle Eastern Minorities and the Arab Spring: Identity and Community in the Twenty-First Century examines eleven minority groups in the early years of the so-called Arab Spring. Wide-ranging in scope, minorities of diverse religious and ethno-linguistic backgrounds are included from North Africa, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula. Each has experienced the Arab Spring differently and uniquely depending upon their context. Of particular concern to the international team of scholars involved in this volume, is the interaction and reaction of minorities to the protest movements across the Arab World that called for greater democratic rights and end to respective autocratic regimes. While some minorities participated in the Arab Spring, others were wary of instability and the unintended effects of regime change – notably the rise of violent Islamism. The full effects of the Arab Spring will not be known for years to come, but for the minorities of the Middle East, the immediate future seems certainly tenuous at best.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION / Parker, K.S. / Nasrallah, T. E.

PART I: ETHNIC AND LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE ARAB SPRING

Chapter 1. Re-Considering Minorities' Position in the Middle East: The Kurdish Case in Syria / Savelsberg, Eva / Tejel, Jordi

Chapter 2. The Amazigh in post-Revolution Libya: A Century of Struggle / Thompson, Todd M. / Bouandel, Youcef

Chapter 3. The Armenian Christian Minority in Greater Syria and the Arab Spring / Abi Chedid, Darina Saliba

PART II: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE ARAB SPRING

Chapter 4. Adapting to Shifting Ground: The Alawites of the Northern Levant / Goldsmith, Leon T.

Chapter 5. The Druze and the Arab Spring / Tarabey, Lubna

Chapter 6. Syrian Ismailis and the Arab Spring: Seasons of Death and White Carnations / Haidar, Otared

Chapter 7. The Christians of Syria and the Arab Spring / Malik, Habib C.

Chapter 8. The Christians of Lebanon and the Arab Spring / Semaan, Abi / Nasrallah, Tony E.

Chapter 9. The Easy Enemy: The Shia and Sectarianism in the Arab States of the Gulf and Yemen during the Arab Spring / Moritz, Jessie

PART III: OTHER MINORITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE ARAB SPRING

Chapter 10. Palestinians at Home and in the Diasporas and the Arab Spring / Sabella, Bernard

Chapter 11. A Spring Abroad: Exploring the Case of Tunisian Diasporas in Europe / Demesmay, Claire / Russ-Sattar, Sabine / Sold, Katrin

CONCLUSION

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)

ISBN:

9781463237301

1463237308

OCLC:

1100444762