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The word “revolution” in the title of this book refers to its contemporary usage and the meanings it holds today, not to the old, negative connotations of the word. I wanted to clarify the semantic shift of this word to avoid any cognitive contradiction between its contemporary meaning and its older connotations. For me, the concept of revolution does not include the (very) Free Officers’ takeover of power in Egypt in 1952 and the subsequent similar military coups in other Arab and Islamic countries. Rather, I am referring to the popular movements that have recently spontaneously taken to the streets in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen. It does not include what is happening now in Syria, except to the extent that it occurred there in the early days, specifically in Latakia in the north and Daraa in the south. What followed in Syria, in my view, deviates from the concept of revolution and takes on other meanings that can be described by various names, including: armed jihad, the forceful seizure of power, the Islamists’ opportunism, and the attempt to drag Syria into the deplorable situation of Iraq.
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