{"product_id":"9781466874954","title":"The Fires of Spring: A Post-Arab Spring Journey Through the Turbulent New Middle East - Turkey, Iraq, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia","description":"\u003cp\u003eTurkey, Iraq, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe “Arab Spring” all started when a young Tunisian fruit seller set himself on fire in protest of a government official confiscating his apples and slapping his face. The aftermath of that one personal protest grew to become the Middle East movement known as the Arab Spring—a wave of disparate events that included protests, revolutions, hopeful reform movements, and bloody civil wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fires of Spring\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to bring the post?Arab Spring world to light in a holistic context. A narrative of author Shelly Culbertson’s journey through six countries of the Middle East, \u003ci\u003eThe Fires of Spring\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story by weaving together a sense of place, insight about issues of our time, interviews with leaders, history, and personal stories. Culbertson navigates the nuances of street life and peers into ministries, mosques, and women’s worlds. She delves into what Arab Spring optimism was about, and at the same time sheds light on the pain and dysfunction that continues to plague parts of the region. \u003ci\u003eThe Fires of Spring\u003c\/i\u003e blends reportage, travel memoir, and analysis in this complex and multifaceted portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135470747888,"sku":"9781466874954","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466874954_p0.jpg?v=1769891926","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466874954","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}