Arab revolutions and the Iranian uprising: Similarities and differences

Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-65

  Khiabany, Gholam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab revolutions; Arab Spring; Iran; Iranian uprising; technologies and social movements; Twitter revolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858187914     PISSN: 18739857     EISSN: 18739865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187398612X624373     Document Type: Article

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