About the Book: The Reawakening of the Arab World: Challenge and Change in the
Aftermath of the Arab Spring
According to renowned Marxist economist Samir Amin, the recent Arab Spring
uprisings comprise an integral part of a massive "second awakening" of the
Global South. From the self-immolation in December 2010 of a Tunisian street
vendor, to the consequent outcries in Cairos Tahrir Square against poverty and
corruption, to the ongoing upheavals across the Middle East and Northern Africa,
the Arab world is shaping what may become of Western imperialism—an already
tottering and overextended system.
The Reawakening of the Arab World—an updated and expanded edition of Amins The
Peoples