Book Alert: Demanding Dignity

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From the same folks who brought you All-American. Pre-order and get 40% off now. Looks like a great anthology.

White Cloud Press And Riverwood Books – Demanding Dignity: Young Voices From the Front Lines of the Arab.

Demanding Dignity: Young Voices from the Arab Revolutions brings together essays written by today’s generation of Arab youth who have directly inspired and sparked a revolutionary spirit that toppled governments, unearthing the corruption of decades of dictator dominated countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

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