Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2016
Language
English
Call Number
JQ1850.A91 K72 2016
ISBN
9780674737082
Reference Only
Off
Number of Pages
293
Library of Congress Subject Heading
Arab Spring, 2010-
Library of Congress Subject Heading 2
Arts -- Political aspects -- Arab countries -- History -- 21st century
Abstract
Uprisings spread like wildfire across the Arab world from 2010 to 2012, fueled by a desire for popular sovereignty. In Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, and elsewhere, protesters flooded the streets and the media, voicing dissent through slogans, graffiti, puppetry, videos, and satire that called for the overthrow of dictators and the regimes that sustained them. Investigating what drives people to risk everything to express themselves in rebellious art, The Naked Blogger of Cairo uncovers the creative insurgency at the heart of the Arab uprisings.