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  • The Arab Uprisings, Human Rights, and the Future of the Middle East
  • Written by: Micheline R. Ishay
  • Narrated by: Christina Delaine
  • Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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The enormous sense of optimism unleashed by the Arab Spring in 2011 soon gave way to widespread suffering and despair. Of the many popular uprisings against autocratic regimes, Tunisia's now stands alone as a beacon of hope for sustainable human rights progress. Libya is a failed state; Egypt returned to military dictatorship; the Gulf States suppressed popular protests and tightened control; and Syria and Yemen are ravaged by civil war.

Challenging the widely shared pessimism among regional experts, Micheline Ishay charts bold and realistic pathways for human rights in a region beset by political repression, economic distress, sectarian conflict, a refugee crisis, and violence against women. With due attention to how patterns of revolution and counterrevolution play out in different societies and historical contexts, Ishay reveals the progressive potential of subterranean human rights forces and offers strategies for transforming current realities in the Middle East.
©2019 Micheline R. Ishay (P)2019 Tantor
Political Science Politics & Government Middle East 21st Century Human Rights Politics
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idéaliste et utopique

L’auteure nous présente une analyse socio-politique intelligente du Moyen-Orient.
Toutefois, la croissance démographique exubérante des populations des différents pays avec leur taux de natalité n’est jamais prise en considération.
C’est là la principale faille de l’œuvre.
De plus, l’Algérie apparaît comme loin du champ d’intérêt de l’auteure.
Ce texte, rédigé avant la pandémie de 2020, perdra peut-être de sa pertinence.

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