Bibliography: BIB34530

Key	BIB34530
Reference type	Book
Title	Arab Spring Dreams : The Next Generation Speaks Out for Freedom and Justice from North Africa to Iran
Editor	Ahmari, Sohrab and Weddady, Nasser
Year	2012
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Place published	New York
ISBN	9780230115927 (pbk.)
Abstract	"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"--
Notes	LCCN 2011040448 Bahá'í Faith: pp. 9, 63-66, 159. "Featuring writings from the American Islamic Congress's Dream Deferred Essay Contest."
Language	English
Keywords	YOUTH; MIDDLE EAST; CIVIL RIGHTS; PERSECUTION; IRAN; EDUCATION; EGYPT
Number of pages	xvi, 235
Edition	1st