Voices of the Arab Spring : : Personal Stories from the Arab Revolutions / / Asaad Alsaleh.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Alsaleh, Asaad,
• MitwirkendeR: Abdulmughni, Al-Sayed,; Ahmad Ali al-Abd, Al-Mutazbellah,; Ahmed, Sarah Jamal Ali,; Allieby, Abdulmonem,; Altarhuni, Khairi,; Alzoubi, Odai,; Amer, Kholoud Said,; Amin Rabea, Aly Hassan,; Benruwin, Yusef Mohamed,; Bosedra Abdelkafi, Ezedin,; Cherif, Noureddine,; Doko, Amer Mahdi,; Eletrebi, Amor,; Fitzgerald Smith, Jordan,; Gamie, Samaa,; Ghafar, Adel Abdel,; Hamid, Abes,; Hany, Sara,; Hermassi, Marwa,; Hindawy, Maha,; Jemili, Marwen,; Kadalah, Mohammed,; Khabat, Walat,; Khalil, Hasan,; Khedhir, Yesmina,; Maalmi, Nada,; Mahmoud, Rustum,; Modhesh, Abdullah Sufian,; Mojahed, Reemy,; Nasef, Aisha A.,; Prince, Mona,; Said, Bishr,; Sailaan, Ameen Jaber,; Sluglett, Peter,; Tongali, Gay Emmaya,; Veso Faller, Annabelle,; Wiens, Claudia,; Yazidi, Ahlem,; Zarrug, Mohammed,; Zettel, Joshua,; Ziadeh, Radwan,; al-Fasly, Mahmoud Sagheer,; al-Furati, Hani,; al-Khinjari, Ehab Ibrahim,; al-Omari, Mohammed,; el-Taguri, Adel,
• TeilnehmendeR: Sluglett, Peter.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

Narrated by dozens of activists and everyday individuals, this book documents the unprecedented events that led to the collapse of dictatorial regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. Beginning in 2011, these stories offer unique access to the message that inspired citizens to act, their experiences during revolt, and the lessons they learned from some of the most dramatic changes and appalling events to occur in the history of the Arab world. The riveting, revealing, and sometimes heartbreaking stories in this volume also include voices from Syria. Featuring participants from a variety of social and educational backgrounds and political commitments, these personal stories of action represent the Arab Spring's united and broad social movements, collective identities, and youthful character. For years, the volume's participants lived under regimes that brutally suppressed free expression and protest. Their testimony speaks to the multifaceted emotional, psychological, and cultural factors that motivated citizens to join together to struggle against their oppressors.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword: Understanding Recent Social and Political Developments in the Middle East and North Africa: A Personal Odyssey -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Tunisia -- Introduction -- Tunisian Revolution: Gaining Our Freedom and Dignity -- The Death of My Cousin and the Birth of a New Tunisia -- Tunisians Breaking the Silence -- Revolution from the Outside -- The Torments of the Revolution -- Tunisia's Hard Times and Its Best Times -- The Smell of Jasmine: The Tunisian Revolution from the Outside -- 2. Egypt -- Introduction -- The Moment the Barrier of Fear Broke Down -- Funny Beginnings and Happy Endings -- The Egyptian Revolution: A Personal Account -- It Is Just . . . the Beginning -- Welcome to Utopia -- My Egyptian Revolution -- The Bullets Are Still in My Leg -- It Happened in Egypt! -- Diary to Democracy ( Inshallah [God Willing]) -- Telling My Secret -- The Fall and Rise of an Egyptian Uprising -- The Spirit of Tahrir Square: "Like Going to Mecca on a Pilgrimage" -- 3. Libya -- Introduction -- My Mission in the Libyan Revolution -- Fighting Qaddafi : More Determination Than Weapons -- The Dark Night on the Tripoli Front -- Fighting for Freedom -- From School to the Battlefield -- Living Through the Libyan Uprising -- Benghazi, My Love -- My Work in Revolutionary Libya -- The Days of My Life -- Blood for My Country -- 4. Yemen -- Introduction -- Witnessing the Yemeni Revolution -- Yemeni Observations -- The Yemeni Dream -- The Emerging New Yemen -- The Aroma of Freedom and the Smell of Blood -- The Aroma of Freedom and the Smell of Blood -- The Tent and the Revolution -- The Challenges of Our Yemeni Revolution -- 5. Syria -- Introduction -- Syrian Women's Revolution: The New Women of Quraish -- The Road from Damascus to al-Qaboun -- Freedom and Nothing Else -- A Story from Homs -- The First Steps Toward Democracy -- A Small Community of Great Syrian Revolutionaries -- From the Damascus Spring to the Arab Spring: A Nonpersonal Story -- Before and After the Arab Spring: Kurdish Strife for Freedom -- State Security and My Country -- Bibliography