Artists and the Arab uprisings
by Kaye, Dalia Dassa, Martini, Jeffrey, Schwartz, Lowell H.
by Kaye, Dalia Dassa, Martini, Jeffrey, Schwartz, Lowell H.
by Kaye, Dalia Dassa, Martini, Jeffrey, Schwartz, Lowell H.
by Schwartz, Lowell, Kaye, Dalia Dassa, Martini, Jeffrey
Regional artists can play a positive role in shaping public debate and supporting democratic transition in the Middle East. This report explores the challenges artists have faced since the Arab uprisings, U.S. government programs to support arts in the region, and the wide array…
by Schwartz, Lowell, Kaye, Dalia Dassa, Martini, Jeffrey
After decades of authoritarianism, a wave of political change and unrest began to sweep across the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011. Successful democratic transitions will not be easy and will require change in multiple spheres. This report focuses on one sphere whose …
by Schwartz, Lowell, Kaye, Dalia Dassa, Martini, Jeffrey
After decades of authoritarianism, a wave of political change and unrest began to sweep across the Middle East and North Africa in early 2011. Successful democratic transitions will not be easy and will require change in multiple spheres. This report focuses on one sphere whose …
This pioneering explanation of the Arab Spring will define a new era of thinking about the Middle East. In this landmark book, Hamid Dabashi argues that the uprisings occurring from Morocco to Iran and from Syria to Yemen have been driven by a delayed defiance that signifies no …
" ... Dabashi argues that the uprisings occurring from Morocco to Iran and from Syria to Yemen have been driven by a delayed defiance that signifies no less than the end of postcolonialism. [The author] shows how the Arab Spring has so radically altered the geopolitics of the re…
This pioneering explanation of the Arab Spring will define a new era of thinking about the Middle East. In this landmark book, Hamid Dabashi argues that the uprisings occurring from Morocco to Iran and from Syria to Yemen have been driven by a delayed defiance that signifies no …