Podcast: The Gateway - A Podcast from the Middle East (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: How Everyday People Shaped the Arab Uprisings and Changed the World, with Asef BayatPub date: 2022-04-28Notes from Over The Wire Podcast:Looking at how the working class, women, and other marginalised groups were vital to the Arab Uprisings. Focusing on Tunisia and Egypt, the guest shows how the uprisings changed society for millions of people in the region.Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis week we hear from Asef Bayat, Professor of Sociology, and the Catherine and Bruce Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the Department of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

He’s a renowned scholar whose work on the contemporary Middle East has had an enormous impact on how revolutions and social movements are understood. In this episode, he talks about his new book, Revolutionary Life: The Everyday of the Arab Spring, published by Harvard University Press in 2021.

In the book, Asef looks at how the working class, women, and other marginalized groups were vital to the Arab Uprisings. Focusing on Tunisia and Egypt, he shows how the uprisings changed society for millions of people in the region.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Al Bawaba News, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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