Radical Islam and the Arab Spring

Published: June 13, 2016, 6:38 p.m.

b'Speaker: Dr. Meir Litvak\\n\\nAffiliation: Department of Middle Eastern History and Director of the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University \\n\\nTitle: \\u201cRadical Islam and the Arab Spring\\u201d\\n\\nConvener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)\\n\\nLocation: Hoover Institution, Stanford University\\n\\nDate: February 8, 2012\\n\\nDescription: Dr. Meir Litvak argues that there are various misperceptions regarding the "Arab Spring" and notes that, as opposed to the popular belief, the "Arab Spring" was started by Islamists, not westernized, democratic young people.'