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Overview: The Arab Spring Uprisings Of 2011 Were Often Portrayed In The Media As A Dawn Of Democracy In The Region. But The Revolutionaries Were-and Saw Themselves As-heirs To A Centuries-long Struggle For Just Government And The Rule Of Law, A Struggle Obstructed By Local Elites As Well As The Interventions Of Foreign Powers. Elizabeth F. Thompson Uncovers The Deep Roots Of Liberal Constitutionalism In The Middle East Through The Remarkable Stories Of Those Who Fought Against Poverty, Tyranny, And Foreign Rule. Fascinating, Sometimes Quixotic Personalities Come To Light: Tanyus Shahin, The Lebanese Blacksmith Who Founded A Peasant Republic In 1858; Halide Edib, The Feminist Novelist Who Played A Prominent Role In The 1908 Ottoman Constitutional Revolution; Ali Shariati, The History Professor Who Helped Ignite The 1979 Iranian Revolution; Wael Ghonim, The Google Executive Who Rallied Egyptians To Tahrir Square In 2011, And Many More. Their Memoirs, Speeches, And Letters Chart The Complex Lineage Of Political Idealism, Reform, And Violence That Informs Today's Middle East. Often Depicted As Inherently Anti-democratic, Islam Was Integral To Egalitarian Movements That Sought To Correc

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Author

Elizabeth F. Thompson

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674076198

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Government & Politics