Dreams Deferred; Co-opting the Mid East Revolts
by Yousef K. Baker
A dream haunts the people of the Middle East. Since the decline of the Ottoman Empire, this dream has motivated movements seeking collective dignity, whether nationalist, internationalist, right wing, left wing, Islamist, secularist, or others. In the midst of the anti-colonial revolts in the 1960s and 1970s, this dream was articulated…
