Sunday, September 10, 2017
Arab Spring, fishballs, and umbrellas: The rise of politically incorrect nomenclature (part 1)
I remember when sitting in a fourth year seminar class here at Carleton, listening to students engaged in a discussion on contemporary issues that arose from the Arab Spring uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa/Maghreb (MENA). One thought I couldn’t keep out of my mind was: why is it called the “Arab... More