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

To London, with Love: Springing for Politics

March 13, 2012
in Current Affairs, Economics, History, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Social Science, Technology

Ivan Lett— I’m no political junkie, just a book publishing historian who comes away from the glory of Britannia every so now and then to find the ever-changing world around me to be…well, ever-changing. When news of the revolution in Egypt broke last winter, I was still in a holiday