Nada Ghandour-Demiri

The Urban Subalterns and the Non-Movements of the Arab Uprisings: An Interview with Asef Bayat

This interview was conducted with Asef Bayat via electronic correspondence. In it, Bayat discusses the inside-out character of neoliberal cities in the Arab world and its influence on the recent wave of protests known collectives as the Arab uprisings. In addition, Bayat elaborates on the notion of urban subalterns, and the existence of social "non-movements" of the poor and the youth.  Nada Ghandour-Demiri (NGD): You recently published an article in City ...