“Hope Against Hope:” Tunisia and Algeria amidst the Arab Spring

• In Event: Politics After the Arab Spring

Brief Overview

Political life draws on a deceivingly obvious, forward-looking force: hope. How then can we explain that the Arab Spring’s moment of hope was ignited, literally, by Mohamed Bouazizi’s suicidal despair?

Authors

• Shirley Le Penne, Cornell University

• Uriel Abulof, Tel Aviv University, Princeton University