Generation Revolution: On the Front Line Between Tradition and

Generation Revolution: On the Front Line Between Tradition and Change in the Middle East

Generation Revolution unravels the complex forces shaping the lives of four young Egyptians on the eve and in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and what their stories mean for the future of the Middle East.

In 2003 Rachel Aspden arrived in Egypt as a 23-year-old journalist. She found a country on the brink of change. The two-thirds of Egyptâ€™s eight million citizens under the age of 30 were stifled, broken, and frustrated, caught between a dictatorship that had nothing to offer them and their autocratic parentsâ€™ generation, defined by tradition and obedience.
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In January 2011 the young peopleâ€™s patience ran out. They thought the revolution that followed would change everything. But as violence escalated, the economy collapsed, and as the united front against President Mubarak shattered into sectarianism, many found themselves at a loss.
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Following the stories of four young Egyptians â€” Amr, the atheist software engineer; Amal, the village girl who defied her family and her entire community; Ayman, the one-time religious extremist; and Ruqayah, the would-be teenage martyr â€” Generation Revolution exposes the failures of the Arab Spring and shines new light on those left in the wake of its lost promise.
Country USA
Brand Other Press
Manufacturer Other Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber part_1590518551
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2017-02-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590518557

Country	USA
Brand	Other Press
Manufacturer	Other Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	part_1590518551
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2017-02-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781590518557

Generation Revolution: On the Front Line Between Tradition and Change in the Middle East

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