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Title:Understanding Arab Social Movements
Author:Burke, EdmundISNI
Year:1986
Periodical:Maghreb Review
Volume:11
Issue:1
Period:January-February
Pages:19-25
Language:English
Geographic terms:Maghreb
Egypt
Subjects:political action
history
1700-1799
1800-1899
1900-1999
nationalism
Politics and Government
History and Exploration
Abstract:An examination of the historical praxis of protest and resistance in the Arab world over the 'long 19th century' (1750-1925) reveals that protest was far from insignificant and that the demands of the protesters were often taken seriously by the authorities. This paper analyses the changing patterns of protest in the Arab world, paying particular attention to the actions of the crowd. It focuses on a few movements: the several Cairo and Damascus urban protest movements of the period 1750-1830, the Tunisian uprising of 1864, the Moroccan rebellions of 1907-1912, and, more generally, the rebellions of the post-World War I period. The analysis suggests that if there was a moral economy of protest in the Arab world, then it was expressed not only in the language of the 'ulama' and works of 'fiqh', but also in the language of Islamic notions of justice freely available to all. Notes, ref.
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