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Writing revolution : the voices from Tunis to Damascus / edited by Layla Al-Zubaidi, Matthew Cassel and Nemonie Craven Roderick ; translated by Robin Moger and Georgia Collins with an introduction by Samar Yazbek. - xvi, 208 pages ; 22 cm

Translated from Arabic and French. "Winner, English Pen Award"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Greetings to the Dawn: Living through the Bittersweet Revolution (Tunisia) -- Cairo, City in Waiting (Egypt) -- Bayou and Laila (Libya) -- We Are Not Swallows (Algeria) -- The Resistance: Armed with Words (Yemen) -- Coming Down from the Tower (Bahrain) -- Wishful Thinking (Saudi Arabia) -- And the Demonstrations Go On: Diary of an Unfinished Revolution (Syria).

From Cairo to Damascus and from Tunisia to Bahrain, Layla Al-Zubaidi and Matthew Cassel have brought together some of the most exciting new writing born out of revolution in the Arab world. This is a remarkable collection of testimony, entirely composed by participants in, and witnesses to, the profound changes shaking their region -- provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9781780765402 1780765401

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB311858 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016270686 Uk

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Arab Spring (2010- )

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1945-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Arab Spring, 2010---Personal narratives.
Revolutionary literature.
Protest literature.
Printemps arabe.
Protest literature.
Revolutionary literature.
Revolution.
Politischer Wandel.
Arabischer Frühling.
Arabiska våren 2010-
Politiska förhållanden.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mellanöstern.
Arabländerna.
Arabische Staaten.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Personal narratives.

LC Class. No.: D JQ1850.A91 / C377 2013 JQ1850.A91 / W75 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 303.482