- Arabs are no exception
- Muslims are not only Muslims
- Anger is power for the younger
- Social networks work
- Leaderless movements can win
- The alternative to democracy is chaos
- Islamists must choose
- Jihadis could become obsolete
- Palestine is still the mantra
- No domino effect in the renaissance
- Appendices: Lyrics of "Mister president" by el-General (Sfax, December 2010)
- Manifesto of the Gaza youth (14 december 2010)
- Message of the April 6th Movement
- (Cairo, 15 January 2011)
- Comments by Sheikh Salman al-Awda
- (Riyadh, 7 February 2011)
- Communiqué of the Revolutionary Youth
- (Cairo, 12 February 2011)
- Charter of the National Transitional Council
- (Benghazi, 2 March 2011)
- Statement of the Syrian local coordination committees
- (22 April 2011).
When Mohammad Bouazizi sets himself on fire on December 17, 2010, he started a series of extraordinary events that spread across the Middle East with stunning rapidity. In less than a month, President Ben Ali fled Tunisia, ending a twenty-three year regime. Shortly thereafter, on 11 February 2011, President Mubarak of Egypt stepped down after nearly thirty years in power. In The Arab Revolution, Jean-Pierre Filiu offers a concise but sweeping account of the earth-shattering revolts that began in Tunis and continue today throughout the Middle East. Stressing the deep historical roots of the eve.
