{"product_id":"9781451690415","title":"The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East","description":"Renowned blogger and Middle East expert Juan Cole takes us “inside the youth movements in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, showing us how activists used technology and social media to amplify their message and connect with like-minded citizens” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) in this “rousing study of the Arab Spring” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor three decades, Cole has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. In \u003ci\u003eThe New Arabs\u003c\/i\u003e he has written “an elegant, carefully delineated synthesis of the complicated, intertwined facets of the Arab uprisings,” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), illuminating the role of today’s Arab youth—who they are, what they want, and how they will affect world politics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNot all big groups of teenagers and twenty-somethings necessarily produce historical movements centered on their identity as youth, with a generational set of organizations, symbols, and demands rooted at least partially in the distinctive problems of people their age. The Arab Millennials did. And, in a provocative, big-picture argument about the future of the Arab world, \u003ci\u003eThe New Arabs\u003c\/i\u003e shows just how they did it. “Engaging, powerful, and comprehensive…The book feels as indispensable to scholars as it is insightful for a more casual reader” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125446426864,"sku":"9781451690415","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781451690415_p0.jpg?v=1763842046","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781451690415","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}