The Arab Awakening
by Tariq Ramadan
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Across the Arab world millions of women and men have taken to the streets, showing that dictators can be overthrown without weapons. But what happens now? Tariq Ramadan is one of the most acclaimed figures in the analysis of Islam and its political dimensions today. In The Arab Awakeninghe explores the opportunities and challenges across North Africa and the Middle East, as they look to create new, more open societies. He asks- can Muslim countries bring together Islam, pluralism and show more democracy without betraying their identity? Will the Arab world be able to reclaim its memory to reinvent education, women's rights, social justice, economic growth and the fight against corruption? Can this emancipation be envisioned with Islam, experienced not as a straitjacket, but as an ethical and cultural wealth? Arguing that the debate cannot be reduced to a confrontation between two approaches - the modern and secular versus the traditional and Islamic - Ramadan demonstrates that not only are both of these routes in crisis, but that the Arab world has an historic opportunity- to stop blaming the West, to jettison its victim status and to create a truly new dynamic. Tariq Ramadan offers up a challenge to the Middle East- what enduring legacy will you produce, from the historic moment of the Arab Spring? show lessTags
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The current developments in the Middle East develop at such a rapid pace that The Arab awakening, first published in 2012 was already outdated by 2015. For instance, the book does not at all discuss the rise of ISIS, which would cast a very black cloud over the relatively optimistic outlook of the book.
The Arab awakening seems to be a book that was thrown together in a hurry. The book 's length is no more than 162 pages, followed by 26 appendices covering another circa 100 pages. These 26 appendices consist of a compilation of mostly short blog postings and news paper articles and columns.
The Arab awakening seems to be a book for the specialist reader rather than the general reading public. It gives a good idea of the function of the show more Internet in the spread and development of the liberatory movement, known as the Arab Spring. show less
The Arab awakening seems to be a book that was thrown together in a hurry. The book 's length is no more than 162 pages, followed by 26 appendices covering another circa 100 pages. These 26 appendices consist of a compilation of mostly short blog postings and news paper articles and columns.
The Arab awakening seems to be a book for the specialist reader rather than the general reading public. It gives a good idea of the function of the show more Internet in the spread and development of the liberatory movement, known as the Arab Spring. show less
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Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University. He also teaches at Oxford's Faculty of Theology and is a Senior Research Fellow at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. He is the author of The Messenger: A Spiritual Biography of Muhammad among others.
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