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Sunday, July 3 • 11:30am - 1:00pm
Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising

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In 2011, the old Arab order entered in agony, but a new progressive order could not replace it. Since then, the euphoria of the "Arab Spring" has given way to the gloom of backlash and descent into mayhem. The talk will analyse the factors behind this relapse and assess the regional prospects.

The two books below + Interview posted on Jacobin 
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/12/achchar-arab-spring-tunisia-egypt-isis-isil-assad-syria-revolution/ + Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6DSmb22wEQ
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Gilbert Achcar

Gilbert Achcar grew up in Lebanon, and is currently Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. His latest books are: The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives (2010); Marxism, Orientalism, Cosmopolitanism (2013); The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising (2013); and Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising (2016... Read More →

Sunday July 3, 2016 11:30am - 1:00pm CDT
Grant Park B
  Middle East

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