III Constructing oneself

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors ix
4. Foreword: Arab youth inside out xiv
5. Note on translation xvii
6. General introduction: Deconstructing stereotypes: interwoven trajectories of young Arabs 1
7. General introduction
8. I Living in the present 17
9. Introduction 19
10. 1 ‘Go ahead, burn your tyres!’ 22
11. 2 ‘Just watching the time go by’ 33
12. 3 Coffee shops and youth sociability in Abu Dhabi 43
13. 4 From TV soaps to web dramas 53
14. 5 The buyat 57
15. 6 From jihad to Sufi ecstasy 67
16. 7 The Faculty of Education of Lab‛us 77
17. 8 ‘A man, a real man!’ 88
18. 9 Long-distance supporters 93
19. 10 Commentary in Arabic … or in Tigrinya? Football fans and the search for free television broadcasting 101
20. II Rooting the future 107
21. Introduction 109
22. 11 Drinking in Hamra 112
23. 12 The end of a world? Shifting seasons in Lejnan (Algeria) 121
24. 13 Finding Baghdad 128
25. 14 Two brothers 133
26. 15 In Massada Street’s coffee shops 139
27. 16 In the shade of the khayma 150
28. 17 Recreation, re-creation, resistance 160
29. 18 Taranim and videos 170
30. 19 ‘My identity is becoming clear like the sun’ 180
31. III Constructing oneself 189
32. Introduction 191
33. 20 ‘A room of one’s own’ 194
34. 21 A different way of being a young woman? Self-defence in Cairo 198
35. 22 Chewing alone? The transformations of qat consumption in Yemen 208
36. 23 Gulf holiday-goers in Europe 212
37. 24 In SOS Bab-el-Oued 217
38. 25 Leaving the camp 227
39. 26 ‘Rainbow Street’ 235
40. 27 Brahim 242
41. 28 ‘Bnat lycée dayrin sexy’ 250
42. IV Speaking out 261
43. Introduction 263
44. 29 ‘A bad day for Ammar’ 266
45. 30 A new social world? Young Syrian activists and online social networks 276
46. 31 Stand up 285
47. 32 The café in Jadu 289
48. 33 From consumerism to political engagement 293
49. 34 When walls speak 300
50. 35 Art under occupation 308
51. 36 ‘The instinct of rap’ 318
52. 37 Rocking in Morocco 323
53. 38 Alexandrians in fusion 336
54. Index 347