Arab Youth: Social Mobilisation in Times of Risk

by Samir Khalaf (Editor), Roseanne Saad Khalaf (Editor)

Overview

In 2011 thousands of Arab youth took to the streets revealing the genesis of a new generation sparked by the desire for civil liberties and participatory democracy.

Arab Youth explores the antecedents of the upheavals and anticipates alternative venues of resistance that marginalized youth—from Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine to Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Iran—can mobilize to realize their emancipatory expectations.

Samir Khalaf is a professor of sociology at the American University of Beirut. He has held academic positions at Princeton, Harvard, MIT, and New York University.

Roseanne Saad Khalaf is associate professor of English and creative writing at the American University of Beirut.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780863564574
Publisher:	Saqi Books
Publication date:	05/15/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	417
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Samir Khalaf is Professor of Sociology American University of Beirut. He has held academic appointments at Princeton, Harvard, MIT and New York University.

Roseanne Saad Khalaf: Roseanne Saad Khalaf is Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at the American University of Beirut.

Table of Contents

Introduction Samir Khalaf Roseanne Saad Khalaf 7

Part 1 Youth as a Social Category 33

Youth as a Social Category and as a Social Process Johanna Wyn 35

Reclaiming Youthfulness Asef Bayat 47

The Negotiation of Waithood: The Political Economy of Delayed Marriage in Egypt Diane Singerman 67

The Demographic Youth Bulge and Social Rupture Youssef Courbage 79

Part 2 Negotiating Identity in Times of Risk 89

Social Learning and Community Participation: Youth at Risk in Two Marginalized Urban Neighborhoods in Amman, Jordan Curtis N. Rhodes Haytham A. Mihyar Ghada Abu El-Rous 91

Saudi Youth: Initiative and Inertia Mai Yamani 112

Between Silences and Screams: The Lebanese Postmemory Experience Craig Larkin 127

Part 3 Representation and Self-Perception 147

The Politics of Fun in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Re-creation of Recreation Pardis Mahdavi 149

Idealistic and Indignant Young Lebanese Roseanne Saad Khalaf 162

In Good Times or Bad? Discourse on the National Identity of Lebanese Upper Class Youth Nicolien Kegels 176

Part 4 Militancy and Street Violence 195

Male Gender and Rituals of Resistance in Palestinian Intifada: A Cultural Politics of Violence Julie Peteet 197

Revenge of the "Wretched: Islam and Violence in the Bab al Tabaneh Neighborhood of Tripoli Mohammad Abi Samra 220

Neighborhood Violence among Youth Gangs in the Southern Suburbs of Beirut (Chiah) Fidel Sbeity 236

Part 5 Voluntarism and Civil Society 261

Uniforms and Salutes: Fascism and Youth Politics in Syria and Lebanon under French Rule Jennifer Dueck 263

Youth Networks, Space, and Political Mobilization: Lebanon's Independence Intifada Christian Gahre 277

Part 6 Popular Culture and Music 301

Sanctioned Pleasures: Youth Negotiations of Leisure Sites and Morality in al-Dahiya Lara Deeb Mona Harb 303

European Muslim Youth: Towards a Cool Islam? Miriam Gazzah 319

Music Consumption and the Navigation of Identities: Transnational Moroccan Youth in Britain Carolyn Landau 337

Scratch the Past - this is OUR Soundtrack: Hip-Hop in Lebanon Angie Nassar 359

About the Contributors 387

Bibliography 391

Acknowledgments 409

Index 411