In our book, "Headwaters of the Arab Spring" we pointed out that Arab generational cycles are off by 10 years from those in US. So "The New Arabs" who are like our Millennials are just entering their 20s or are even younger. Just as Juan Cole suggests they will make their impact on the shape of Middle Eastern governments in the two decades to come, as they pick up the pieces of the structures that Middle Eastern Gen Xers tore down.
In our book, "Headwaters of the Arab Spring" we pointed out that Arab generational cycles are off by 10 years from those in US. So "The New Arabs" who are like our Millennials are just entering their 20s or are even younger. Just as Juan Cole suggests they will make their impact on the shape of Middle Eastern governments in the two decades to come, as they pick up the pieces of the structures that Middle Eastern Gen Xers tore down.