00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-1685594773863143740 Buklod 20230719161247.0 a r |||| u| ta 230719s2012 nyu |r 001 0|engdd 9780230115927 Donation [Atty. Mehol K. Sadain], 2020 DLC DIS rda eng HQ 799 M628 A73 2012 Arab spring dreams the next generation speaks out for freedom and justice from North Africa to Iran edited by Sohrab Ahmari and Nasser Weddady ; foreword by Gloria Steinem. New York Palgrave Macmillan 2012 xvi, 235 pages 24 cm. "Featuring writings from the American Islamic Congress's Dream Deferred Essay Contest." Includes index "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. Youth Middle East Social conditions. Youth Political activity Middles East. Youth movements Middle East. Youth Middle East Biography. Civil rights Middle East. Arab Spring, 2010. Middle East Politics and government 21st century. Middle East Social conditions 21st century. Ahmari, Sohrab editor. Weddady, Nasser editor. Steinem, Gloria writer of foreword. FO UPD DIS HQ 799 M628 A73 2012 Book