Full Description
An anthology of contributions from eleven renowned specialists in the field who deal with topics that effect Arab youth in the Middle East the most, such as demographic growth, rising unemployment, and the difficult prospects of their future. Apart from studies on violence and youth in the Algerian civil war, the book offers new insights into generational conflicts and attempts by contemporary youth to overcome their alienation by creating their own eclectic cultural solutions to the problems of tradition and modernity. The book is based on the latest research and opinion surveys held in different Arab countries.
Contents
Introduction, Roel Meijer; Part I Background to present day youth problems; Chapter One Arab youth today: The generation gap, identity crisis and democratic deficit, Gema Martín Muñoz; Chapter Two The demographic inflection of the southern Mediterranean: Reasons for optimism, Youssef Courbage; Part II Political generations; Chapter Three Youth and Arab politics: The political generation of 1935-36, Haggai Erlich; Chapter Four The Egyptian generation of 1967: Reaction of the young to national defeat, Ahmed Abdalla; Chapter Five Youth, the street and violence in Algeria, Luis Martinez; Chapter Six Morocco's next political generation, Mark Tessler; Part III Constructing new identities; Chapter Seven Legitimate subversion and the symbolism of integration in Raï music in Algeria, Hadj Miliani; Chapter Eight Youth in Morocco: An indicator of a changing society, Mounia Bennani-Chraïbi; Chapter Nine Caught between two worlds: Youth in the Egyptian hinterland, Barbara Ibrahim, Hind Wassef; Part IV Generational conflicts in Arabic literature; Chapter Ten The lost heritage: Generation conflicts in four Arabic novels, Richard van Leeuwen; Chapter Eleven Escape from the family: A theme in Arab autobiography, Tetz Rooke;
