The Arab Spring : rebellion, revolution and a new world order

Title:

Author:

Manhire, Toby.

ISBN:

9780852652541

Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

London : Guardian, 2012.

Physical Description:

xvi, 303 p. ; 24 cm.

Abstract:

What is the Arab Spring? How did it start? How might it end? What role did wikileaks play? And where do events leave the oil-dependent West? These questions and more are answered here.

Subject Term:

Revolutions -- Arab countries.

History.

Geographic Term:

Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

Arab countries -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

Arab countries -- Foreign relations.

Added Author:

Manhire, Toby.

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In mid-December 2010 the desperate act of a young Tunisian barely featured on the global news agenda. But it set off a chain reaction of extraordinary events that would unseat dictators, reshape the political landscape of North Africa and the Middle East and affect the lives of millions of people.

Author Notes

Toby Manhire is a journalist and the former editor of the Guardian comment pages.

Ian BlackToby ManhireSami Ben HassineHisham MatarJonathan SteeleJack ShenkerAlaa Al AswanyPankaj MishraAhdaf SoueifMuhammad min LibyaAlaa al-AmeriMarina HydeSeumas MilneGhaith Abdul-AhadBrian WhitakerGeorge MonbiotDavid HearstMehdi HasanOmar al-ShehabiIan BlackTawakkul KarmanBrian WhitakerKarima BennouneJason BurkeMona EltahawyTimothy Garton AshYazan BadranPaul MasonEric Lee and Benjamin WeinthalJohn Plunkett and Josh HallidayTariq AliSoumaya GhannoushiIan BirrellWadah KhanfarShiv Malik and Jack Shenker and Adam Gabbatt

Introduction	p. vii
Editor's note	p. xv
Part 1 Middle East Live The Guardian live blog 2011	p. 1
Part 2 Essays, analysis and commentary	p. 213
Tunisia: We finally have revolution on our minds	p. 215
Tunisia/Libya: Our neighbours have shown us a way out	p. 217
Tunisia: Challenges for the trailblazers	p. 219
Egypt: 'This brutality is why we are protesting'	p. 221
Egypt: United by an injustice and anger that won't be tamed	p. 224
Egypt: The tyrant has gone. Now the real struggle begins	p. 226
Egypt: Unknown woman shows the struggle is not over	p. 229
Libya: Please don't intervene in our people's uprising	p. 231
Libya: A chance to repair the reputation of intervention	p. 234
Libya: How Gaddafi became a plonker	p. 236
Libya: Nato's intervention was a catastrophic failure	p. 238
Libya: Reunion with my jailer	p. 241
Syria: The boldness of Bashar al-Assad	p. 246
Syria: Sanctions - damned if we do, damned if we don't	p. 248
Syria: Why Russia is sticking by Damascus	p. 251
Syria: Why we must stay out of Syrians' struggle	p. 253
Bahrain: Political art blossoms at Pearl roundabout	p. 256
Bahrain: A nation of deepening divisions	p. 259
Yemen: A better country awaits us all	p. 262
Yemen: Saleh resigns at last - but it changes little	p. 265
Algeria: Hopes of change remain alive	p. 266
Saudi Arabia: A summer to follow the Arab Spring seems far off	p. 269
Revolution 2.0: The Facebook generation kickstarts a seismic change	p. 273
Revolution 2.0: The uprising isn't born of Twitter or WikiLeaks, but they help	p. 276
Revolution 2.0: The bloggers' manifesto	p. 279
The new revolutionaries: Experts in messing up hierarchies	p. 280
Trade unions: The truly revolutionary social networks	p. 283
Al-Jazeera: A revolution in world news	p. 286
Revolutionary moment: Arab 1948 is a fight against foreign domination	p. 289
Arab women: Female protesters are shattering stereotypes	p. 292
UK foreign policy: We bombed Gaddafi, but now we court Bahrain	p. 294
Islamist parties: We should welcome the rise of political Islam	p. 296
A year on: How youth-led revolts shook the world	p. 299

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