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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826271003321

Autore

Muravchik Joshua

Titolo

The next founders : voices of democracy in the Middle East / / by Joshua Muravchik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Encounter Books, c2009

ISBN

1-282-48803-1

9786612488030

1-59403-402-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Disciplina

956.05/40922

Soggetti

Politicians - Middle East

Political activists - Middle East

Social reformers - Middle East

Democracy - Middle East

Social change - Middle East

Middle East Politics and government 1979-

Middle East Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction Seedlings in the Desert; The ProtesterSaudi Arabia:Wajeha Al-Huwaider; The Politician Iraq: Mithal al-Alusi; The Revolutionist Iran: Mohsen Sazegara; The Publisher Egypt: Hisham Kassem; The Activist Palestine: Bassem Eid; The Feminist Kuwait: Rola Dashti; The Dissident Syria: Ammar Abdulhamid; Conclusion Models for a Rising Generation; Endnotes; Index; Photo Credits

Sommario/riassunto

The Next Founders brings to light the stories of seven remarkable people, six Arabs and an Iranian. Five are men; two, women. Four are Sunnis, two are Shiites, and the seventh is mixed. Their lives revolve around a sense of mission, and while the angles from which they attack it are varied, this mission is the same for all seven--to make their countries more free and democratic.