Political identities and popular uprisings in the Middle East / edited by Shabnam J. Holliday and Philip Leech.

"Explores the articulation of identity in the context of popular uprisings in the Middle East, going beyond a focus on the Arab Spring"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-208) and index.

Introduction / Shabnam J. Holliday and Philip Leech -- Divided we stand? : the heterogeneous political identities of Iran's 2009-2010 uprisings / Shabnam J. Holliday and Paola Rivetti -- The spring in Sulaimani : Kurdish protest and political identities / Nicole F. Watts -- Underlying fragility : the absence of hegemony and popular demonstrations in the West Bank, 2011-12 / Philip Leech -- Israeli grassroots activism : recent waves of protests, and heterogeneous political identities / Giulia Daniele -- From Ba'thist nationalism to new Syrian identities : how the emerging Syrian civil society defines itself / Lorenzo Trombetta -- Political identities and the uprising in Yemen / Fernando Carvajal -- In want of the people : Tahrir as a revolutionary reconstitution of the Egyptian national-popular subject / Brecht De Smet -- The Tunisian uprising, Ennahdha, and the revival of an Arab-Islamic identity / Rory McCarthy -- Conclusion / Shabnam J. Holliday and Philip Leech.