"For the tyrant shall be no more": Reflections on and lessons from "The Arab Spring" in North Africa, the Middle East and the Civil Rights and anti-apartheid struggles

The revolutionary events sweeping North Africa and the Middle East, called the ‘Arab Spring’, are of great historic significance. They challenge not only political and social realities in those countries; they confront us, the spectators to these momentous events with serious questions about our own...

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Main Author: Boesak, Allan 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2011
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2011, Volume: 67, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B 'Arab Spring'
B Anti-Apartheid Struggles
B Freedom
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