TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ahmari,Sohrab
AU  - Weddady,Nasser
TI  - Arab spring dreams: the next generation speaks out for freedom and justice from North Africa to Iran 
SN  - 9780230115927 (pbk.) :
AV  - HQ799.M628 A73 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Youth
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Youth movements
KW  - Biography
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / Middle East / General
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 21st century
N1  - "Featuring writings from the American Islamic Congress's Dream Deferred Essay Contest."; Includes index
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  -