Research Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS) Strategic Studies Quarterly 1735-0727 15 55 2012 06 01 Islamic awakening and Arab change: causes and contexts Islamic awakening and Arab change: causes and contexts 59 78 1867 FA Ali Adami Mahdy Yazdanpanah Adel Jahankhah Journal Article 2011 09 25 this article tries to explain regime change in Middle East Arab societies, using historical and sociological approach. The question of article is that: which factors or contexts has shaped Islamic awakening in these societies? Author argues that tow sets of internal and external factors caused the event, including: decades of bad governments experience, monopoly of power and wealth, cultural and intellectual developments in Arab nations, peaceful foreign policy toward Israel and Islamic revolution in Iran. this article tries to explain regime change in Middle East Arab societies, using historical and sociological approach. The question of article is that: which factors or contexts has shaped Islamic awakening in these societies? Author argues that tow sets of internal and external factors caused the event, including: decades of bad governments experience, monopoly of power and wealth, cultural and intellectual developments in Arab nations, peaceful foreign policy toward Israel and Islamic revolution in Iran. https://quarterly.risstudies.org/article_1867_a19acd7d2689207f9047f8cb01357370.pdf