Tag middle east politics

September 13, 2012
in Current Affairs, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Social Science, Technology

The Influence of Social Media on the Arab Spring

September 13, 2012
in Current Affairs, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Social Science, Technology

Since December 2010 countries across the Middle East have employed a variety of tactics that have brought down multiple dictators and irrevocably changed the region. In The Battle for the Arab Spring: Revolution, Counter-Revolution and the Making of a New Era, Lin Noueihed and Alex Warren break down the timeline and

March 28, 2012
in Current Affairs, History, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Religion, Social Science

Islamic Distinctions

March 28, 2012
in Current Affairs, History, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Religion, Social Science

For more than a decade now, “Islam” has been a contentious word, associated alternately with terrorism, political regimes, and a widely misunderstood religious faith. Since September 11, 2001, American political commentators have been split between those who call the acts of terrorism typified by the destruction of the World Trade