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Wired Citizenship examines the evolving patterns of youth learning
and activism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In today's
digital age, in which formal schooling often competes with the
peer-driven outlets provided by social media, youth all over the
globe have forged new models of civic engagement, rewriting the
script of what it means to live in a democratic society. As a
result, state-society relationships have shifted-never more clearly
than in the MENA region, where recent uprisings were spurred by the
mobilization of tech-savvy and politicized youth. Combining
original research with a thorough exploration of theories of
democracy, communications, and critical pedagogy, this edited
collection describes how youth are performing citizenship,
innovating systems of learning, and re-imagining the practices of
activism in the information age. Recent case studies illustrate the
context-specific effects of these revolutionary new forms of
learning and social engagement in the MENA region.
Wired Citizenship examines the evolving patterns of youth learning
and activism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In today's
digital age, in which formal schooling often competes with the
peer-driven outlets provided by social media, youth all over the
globe have forged new models of civic engagement, rewriting the
script of what it means to live in a democratic society. As a
result, state-society relationships have shifted-never more clearly
than in the MENA region, where recent uprisings were spurred by the
mobilization of tech-savvy and politicized youth. Combining
original research with a thorough exploration of theories of
democracy, communications, and critical pedagogy, this edited
collection describes how youth are performing citizenship,
innovating systems of learning, and re-imagining the practices of
activism in the information age. Recent case studies illustrate the
context-specific effects of these revolutionary new forms of
learning and social engagement in the MENA region.
Localities, countries, and regions develop through complex
interactions with others. This striking volume highlights global
interconnectedness seen through the prism of the Middle East, both
"global-in" and "global-out." It delves into the region's
scientific, artistic, economic, political, religious, and
intellectual formations and traces how they have taken shape
through a dynamic set of encounters and exchanges. Written in short
and accessible essays by prominent experts on the region, Global
Middle East covers topics including God, Rumi, food, film, fashion,
music, sports, science, and the flow of people, goods, and ideas.
The text explores social and political movements from human rights,
Salafism, and cosmopolitanism to radicalism and revolutions. Using
the insights of global studies, students will glean new
perspectives about the region.
Egypt's January 25 Revolution of 2011 was a dramatic demonstration
of the role social media has come to play in radical activism. A
key moment was the appearance of the Facebook page "We Are All
Khaled Said," which linked activists across the country. But how
useful are social media in radical politics? And how readily can
they be turned against the activists? Revolution in the Age of
Social Media looks at the role of that seminal Facebook page and
the conspiracy theories that swirled around its administrator, Wael
Ghonim. Herrera reveals the immense power struggles that took place
in virtual arenas, showing how social media can serve not only as a
site of liberation, but also as a place where powerful forces-such
the US State Department, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian
military-vie for control over the hearts and minds of the young.
The Egyptian uprising, while in many ways a distinctly Arab event,
is also a universal story of power and insurrection in the age of
social media.
Localities, countries, and regions develop through complex
interactions with others. This striking volume highlights global
interconnectedness seen through the prism of the Middle East, both
"global-in" and "global-out." It delves into the region's
scientific, artistic, economic, political, religious, and
intellectual formations and traces how they have taken shape
through a dynamic set of encounters and exchanges. Written in short
and accessible essays by prominent experts on the region, Global
Middle East covers topics including God, Rumi, food, film, fashion,
music, sports, science, and the flow of people, goods, and ideas.
The text explores social and political movements from human rights,
Salafism, and cosmopolitanism to radicalism and revolutions. Using
the insights of global studies, students will glean new
perspectives about the region.
"This is an excellent collection of essays on youth in a number of
Muslim majority (and minority) societies in the context of
globalization and modernity. A particular strength of this volume
is its ability to highlight the multiple and contested roles of
religion and personal faith in the fashioning of contemporary
youthful Muslim identities. Such insights often challenge secular
Western master narratives of modernity and suggest credible
reconceptualizations of what it means to be young and modern in a
broad swath of the world today."
-- Asma Afsaruddin, Professor of Islamic Studies, Indiana
University
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of interest in
youth issues and Muslim youth in particular. Young Muslims have
been thrust into the global spotlight in relation to questions
about security and extremism, work and migration, and rights and
citizenship. This book interrogates the cultures and politics of
Muslim youth in the global South and North to understand their
trajectories, conditions, and choices. Drawing on wide-ranging
research from Indonesia to Iran and Germany to the U.S., it shows
that while the majority of young Muslims share many common social,
political, and economic challenges, they exhibit remarkably diverse
responses to them. Far from being "exceptional," young Muslims
often have as much in common with their non-Muslim global
generational counterparts as they share among themselves. As they
migrate, forge networks, innovate in the arts, master the tools of
new media, and assert themselves in the public sphere, Muslim youth
have emerged as important cultural and political actors on a world
stage.
"This is an excellent collection of essays on youth in a number of
Muslim majority (and minority) societies in the context of
globalization and modernity. A particular strength of this volume
is its ability to highlight the multiple and contested roles of
religion and personal faith in the fashioning of contemporary
youthful Muslim identities. Such insights often challenge secular
Western master narratives of modernity and suggest credible
reconceptualizations of what it means to be young and modern in a
broad swath of the world today."
-- Asma Afsaruddin, Professor of Islamic Studies, Indiana
University
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of interest in
youth issues and Muslim youth in particular. Young Muslims have
been thrust into the global spotlight in relation to questions
about security and extremism, work and migration, and rights and
citizenship. This book interrogates the cultures and politics of
Muslim youth in the global South and North to understand their
trajectories, conditions, and choices. Drawing on wide-ranging
research from Indonesia to Iran and Germany to the U.S., it shows
that while the majority of young Muslims share many common social,
political, and economic challenges, they exhibit remarkably diverse
responses to them. Far from being "exceptional," young Muslims
often have as much in common with their non-Muslim global
generational counterparts as they share among themselves. As they
migrate, forge networks, innovate in the arts, master the tools of
new media, and assert themselves in the public sphere, Muslim youth
have emerged as important cultural and political actors on a world
stage.
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