Samir Khalaf is Professor of Sociology American University of Beirut. He has held academic appointments at Princeton, Harvard, MIT and New York University. Roseanne Saad Khalaf: Roseanne Saad Khalaf is Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at the American University of Beirut.

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A definitive multi-authored guide examining youth culture across the Arab world.

Résumé
Arab Youth explores some of the antecedents of the upheavals and anticipates alternative venues of resistance that marginalized youth, from Lebanon, Syria and Palestine to Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Iran, can mobilize to realize their emancipatory expectations.

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Introduction: Roseanne & Samir Khalaf "On the Marginalization and Mobilization of Arab Youth" Chapter 1: Youth as a Social Category Wyn, Johanna (University of Melbourne) "Youth as a Social Category" Bayat, Asef (Leiden University) "Reclaiming Youthfulness" Singerman, Diane (American University, Washington, D.C.) "Bringing Back Materiality to the Question of Youth, Marriage & Sexuality" Courbage, Youssef (National Institute of Demography, Paris) "The Demographic Youthful Bulge and Social Rupture" Chapter 2: Negotiating Identity in Times of Risk Curtis N. Rhodes, Jr., Haytham A. Mihyar & Ghada Abu El-Rous (Questscope,Amman) "Social Learning & Community Participation with Children at Risk In Two Marginalized Urban Neighborhoods in Amman, Jordan" Yamani, Mai (Independent Academic) "Saudi Youth: Initiative and Inertia" Larkin, Craig (University of Exeter) "Between Silence and Scream: The Lebanese Postmemory Experience" Chapter 3: Representation and Self-Perception Mahdavi, Pardis (Pomona College) "Re-creating Recreation: The Politics of Fun in the Islamic Republic of Iran" Khalaf, Roseanne (American University of Beirut) "Idealistic and Indignant Young Lebanese" Kegels, Nicolien (Independent Researcher and Writer) "In Good Times or Bad? The Discourse of National Identity of the Lebanese Upper Class Youth" Chapter 4: Militancy and Street Violence Peteet, Julie (University of Louisville) "Male Gender and Rituals of Resistance in the Palestinian Intifada: A Cultural Politics of Violence" Abi Samra, Mohammad (An-Nahar) "Comparison Between the Lifestyles of Two Youth Groups in Tripoli" Sbeity, Fidel (Free Lance Journalist) "Street Violence among Youth Gangs in Chiah in 1975" Chapter 5: Voluntarism and Civil Society Dueck, Jennifer (Oxford University) "Uniforms and Salutes: Fascism and Religion in the Youth Politics of Syria and Lebanon under French Rule" Gahre, Christian (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo) "Youth Networks, Space and Political Mobilization: Lebanon's Independence Intifada" Chapter 6: Popular Culture and Music Deeb, Lara (Scripps College) & Harb, Mona (American University of Beirut) "Sanctioned Pleasures: Youth Negotiation of Leisure Sites of Morality in Al-Dahiya" Gazzah, Miriam (University of Amsterdam) "Muslim Youth Culture in the Netherlands: A Mix of Islam, Ethnicity & Politics" Landau, Carolyn (City University, London) "Music Consumption & Identity: Exploring Cultural and Religious Transnational Connections amongst Moroccan Youth in Britain & Beyond" Nassar, Angelina (American University of Beirut) "Scratch the Past-This is Our Soundtrack: Hip Hop in Lebanon"