Investigating the connections between multiculturalism, minorities, citizenship, and democracy in North Africa, this book argues that multiculturalism in this region- and in the Arab world at large - has reached a significant level in terms of scale and importance.

Introduction: Contextualising Multiculturalism and Democracy in North Africa - Moha Ennaji Part I: Conceptualization and Historical Background 2 Colonial Legacies, National Identity and Challenges for Multiculturalism in the Contemporary Maghreb - Jonathan Wyrtzen 3 Algeria: Cultural Multiplicity and Unity Dialectics - Abderrezak Dourari Part II: The Berber Issue and Democratization 4 The Tension Between Arabophones and Berberophones in Algeria - Mohammed Benrabeh 5 Berber and Language Politics in the Moroccan Educational System - Fatima Sadiqi 6 The Berber (Amazigh) Movement in Morocco - Moha Ennaji Part III: Authoritarianism, Change and Cultural Diversity 7 Why No Arab Spring in Algeria - Belkacem Iratni 8 Race and Color in North Africa and the Arab Spring - Hamid Bahri Part IV: Islamism, Women and Media in Tunisia 9 Women's Empowerment: the Case of Tunisia in the Arab Spring - Khedija Arfaoui 10 The Tunisian Media in Transition: From Manufacturing Consent to Manufacturing 'Discontent' - Nabil Cherni Part V: Multiculturalism and Minorities in Egypt 11 the Not-so-silent Minority: The Case of Egypt's Coptic Minority in Post Arab Uprising Egypt - Marlyn Tadros 12 Egypt: How the Revolution has Impacted the Debate over Minority Rights and Multiculturalism - Sara Khorshid 13 Claiming Space for Minorities in Egypt after the Arab Spring - Sherifa Zuhur Part VI: Socio-cultural and Political Transformations in Post-Qaddafi Libya 14 Multiculturalism and Democracy in Post-Qaddafi Libya - Ronald Bruce St John 15 Minorities in the New Libya - George Joffe

Moha Ennaji is a Fulbright Scholar and visiting professor at Rutgers University. He is Professor of Linguistics, Culture, and Gender Studies, author of Multilingualism, Cultural Identity and Education in Morocco (2005) and co-editor of Gender and Violence in the Middle East. (Routledge, 2011).