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100 _aAhmad, Irfan
245 _aThe categorical revolution: Democratic uprising in the Middle East
260 _c2011
300 _ap.30-35.
362 _a5 Nov
520 _aThe protests ovefr the past year across the 'middle east' are perhaps saying that the region first and foremost belongs to its people and that the categories of "oil-rich", "oil-less" and "main route" are at best exciting materials for a historian's archive. While unfolding this "categorical revolution", this article explodies two key myths: (1) that of the terminology of the middle east, and (2) Islam's incompatibility with democracy. - Reproduced.
650 _aRevolution
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
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