TY - BOOK AU - Alsaleh,Asaad AU - Abdulmughni,Al-Sayed AU - Ahmad Ali al-Abd,Al-Mutazbellah AU - Ahmed,Sarah Jamal Ali AU - Allieby,Abdulmonem AU - Altarhuni,Khairi AU - Alzoubi,Odai AU - Amer,Kholoud Said AU - Amin Rabea,Aly Hassan AU - Benruwin,Yusef Mohamed AU - Bosedra Abdelkafi,Ezedin AU - Cherif,Noureddine AU - Doko,Amer Mahdi AU - Eletrebi,Amor AU - Fitzgerald Smith,Jordan AU - Gamie,Samaa AU - Ghafar,Adel Abdel AU - Hamid,Abes AU - Hany,Sara AU - Hermassi,Marwa AU - Hindawy,Maha AU - Jemili,Marwen AU - Kadalah,Mohammed AU - Khabat,Walat AU - Khalil,Hasan AU - Khedhir,Yesmina AU - Maalmi,Nada AU - Mahmoud,Rustum AU - Modhesh,Abdullah Sufian AU - Mojahed,Reemy AU - Nasef,Aisha A. AU - Prince,Mona AU - Said,Bishr AU - Sailaan,Ameen Jaber AU - Sluglett,Peter AU - Tongali,Gay Emmaya AU - Veso Faller,Annabelle AU - Wiens,Claudia AU - Yazidi,Ahlem AU - Zarrug,Mohammed AU - Zettel,Joshua AU - Ziadeh,Radwan AU - al-Fasly,Mahmoud Sagheer AU - al-Furati,Hani AU - al-Khinjari,Ehab Ibrahim AU - al-Omari,Mohammed AU - el-Taguri,Adel TI - Voices of the Arab Spring: Personal Stories from the Arab Revolutions SN - 9780231163187 AV - DS63.12 .V65 2015 U1 - 909.097492708312 PY - 2015///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - Arab Spring, 2010- KW - Personal narratives KW - Arab countries KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century KW - Social conditions KW - Arab spring, 2010- KW - Political activists KW - Biography KW - Political participation KW - History KW - Protest movements KW - Revolutions KW - Social change KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/alsa16318 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231538589 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231538589/original ER -