The Myth of Middle East Exceptionalism Daniel Balogh Through case studies ranging across

Through case studies ranging across the continent

Written by a children's physiotherapist with over 30 years experience in her field

and Ellen Willis

if not openly scorned

The Myth of Middle East Exceptionalism Daniel Balogh Through case studies ranging acrossMore than a decade after the birth of contemporary social movements in the Middle East and North Africa scholars are asking what these movements have achieved and how we should evaluate their lasting legacies. The quiet encroachments of MENA counterrevolutionary forces in the post Arab Spring era have contributed to the revival of an outdated Orientalist discourse of Middle East exceptionalism, implying that the region's culture is exceptionally