Publics, Politics and Participation: Locating the Public Sphere in the Middle East and North Africa

Scholarship on the Middle East and North Africa almost always engages with politics, yet the assumed absence of public spaces and fora has led many to think that debate, consensus, and concerted social action are antithetical to the heritage of the region. Publics, Politics and Participation demonstrates not only the critical importance of the public for the Middle East and North Africa, but how the term and notion of the public sphere can be used productively to advance understandings of c...