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Al-Saleh, Asaad

Voices of the Arab Spring

Personal Stories from the Arab Revolutions

Foreword by Sluglett, Peter

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Publication Date:
March 2015
Copyright year:
2015
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978-0-231-53858-9
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Frontmatter

Pages i-vi

Contents

Pages vii-xii

Foreword: Understanding Recent Social and Political Developments in the Middle East and North Africa: A Personal Odyssey

Sluglett, Peter

Pages xiii-xxii

Acknowledgments

Pages xxiii-xxvi

Introduction

Pages 1-18

1. Tunisia

Tunisian Revolution: Gaining Our Freedom and Dignity

Hamid, Abes

Pages 21-24

The Death of My Cousin and the Birth of a New Tunisia

Yazidi, Ahlem

Pages 25-30

Tunisians Breaking the Silence

Jemili, Marwen

Pages 30-33

Revolution from the Outside

Cherif, Noureddine

Pages 34-37

The Torments of the Revolution

Hermassi, Marwa

Pages 38-41

Tunisia’s Hard Times and Its Best Times

Khedhir, Yesmina

Pages 41-45

The Smell of Jasmine: The Tunisian Revolution from the Outside

Maalmi, Nada

Pages 46-50

2. Egypt

The Moment the Barrier of Fear Broke Down

Ghafar, Adel Abdel

Pages 55-59

Funny Beginnings and Happy Endings

Prince, Mona

Pages 60-63

The Egyptian Revolution: A Personal Account

Smith, Jordan Fitzgerald

Pages 64-67

It Is Just . . . the Beginning

Hany, Sara

Pages 67-70

Welcome to Utopia!

Eletrebi, Amor

Pages 71-75

My Egyptian Revolution

Hindawy, Maha

Pages 75-78

The Bullets Are Still in My Leg

al-Abd, Al-Mutazbellah Ahmad Ali

Pages 78-83

It Happened in Egypt!

Rabea, Aly Hassan Amin

Pages 83-88

Diary to Democracy (Inshallah [God Willing])

Wiens, Claudia

Pages 88-93

Telling My Secret

Amer, Kholoud Said

Pages 93-98

The Fall and Rise of an Egyptian Uprising

Gamie, Samaa

Pages 98-109

The Spirit of Tahrir Square: “Like Going to Mecca on a Pilgrimage”

Abdulmughni, Al-Sayed

Pages 109-112

3. Libya

My Mission in the Libyan Revolution

Zarrug, Mohammed

Pages 114-121

Fighting Qaddafi : More Determination Than Weapons

Altarhuni, Khairi

Pages 121-125

The Dark Night on the Tripoli Front

Allieby, Abdulmonem

Pages 126-128

Fighting for Freedom

al-Khinjari, Ehab Ibrahim

Pages 129-132

From School to the Battlefield

Benruwin, Yusef Mohamed

Pages 133-136

Living Through the Libyan Uprising

Tongali, Gay Emmaya

Pages 137-139

Benghazi, My Love

el-Taguri, Adel

Pages 140-144

My Work in Revolutionary Libya

Faller, Annabelle Veso

Pages 144-148

The Days of My Life

Abdelkafi, Ezedin Bosedra

Pages 148-152

Blood for My Country

Nasef, Aisha A.

Pages 153-156

4. Yemen

Witnessing the Yemeni Revolution

al-Fasly, Mahmoud Sagheer

Pages 159-163

Yemeni Observations

Zettel, Joshua

Pages 163-167

The Yemeni Dream

Mojahed, Reemy

Pages 167-170

The Emerging New Yemen

Sailaan, Ameen Jaber

Pages 171-175

Killing the Rose but Not the Spring

Yousef, Abduljalil

Pages 175-180

The Aroma of Freedom and the Smell of Blood

Modhesh, Abdullah Sufian

Pages 181-185

The Tent and the Revolution

al-Omari, Mohammed

Pages 185-189

The Challenges of Our Yemeni Revolution

Ahmed, Sarah Jamal Ali

Pages 190-197

5. Syria

Syrian Women’s Revolution: The New Women of Quraish Rustum Mahmoud

Mahmoud, Rustum

Pages 201-205

The Road from Damascus to al-Qaboun

Alzoubi, Odai

Pages 206-212

Freedom and Nothing Else

al-Furati, Hani

Pages 212-216

A Story from Homs

Kadalah, Mohammed

Pages 217-221

The First Steps Toward Democracy

Said, Bishr

Pages 222-225

A Small Community of Great Syrian Revolutionaries

Doko, Amer Mahdi

Pages 226-229

From the Damascus Spring to the Arab Spring: A Nonpersonal Story

Ziadeh, Radwan

Pages 230-233

Before and After the Arab Spring: Kurdish Strife for Freedom

Khabat, Walat

Pages 233-237

State Security and My Country

Khalil, Hasan

Pages 238-242

Bibliography

Pages 243-244

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