Islamic awakening and Arab change: causes and contexts

Document Type : Research Paper

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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.

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  • Receive Date 25 September 2011
  • Revise Date 14 November 2011
  • Accept Date 30 December 2011