Laurent Bonnefoy is a CNRS researcher at the Centre for International Studies, Sciences Po ParisMyriam Catusse is a CNRS researcher and Director of the Institut français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) in Beirut

• Preface: Arab youth inside out – François BurgatGeneral introduction: deconstructing stereotypes: interwoven trajectories of young Arabs – Laurent Bonnefoy and Myriam CatussePart I: Living in the presentIntroduction: living in the present – Laurent Bonnefoy and Myriam Catusse1 ‘Go ahead, burn your tyres!’: the lust for life of Saudi joyriders– Pascal Ménoret2 ‘Just watching the time go by’: the ‘hittists’ of Algeria – Loïc Le Pape3 Coffee shops and youth sociability in Abu Dhabi– Laure Assaf4 From TV soaps to web dramas: a new platform for young Arabs – Yves Gonzalez-Quijano5 The Buyat: subverting gender norms in Saudi Arabia – Amélie Le Renard6 From Jihad to Sufi ecstasy: politico-religious trajectories in pre-revolutionary Syria – Thomas Pierret7 The Faculty of Education of Lab‘us: salafism as a student subculture in Yemen – Laurent Bonnefoy8 ‘A man, a real man!’: Halima, a woman rebel in Gafsa (Tunisia) – Amin Allal9 Long-distance supporters: Barca and Real fans in Palestine – Abaher El Sakka10 Commentary in Arabic... or in Tigrinya? Football fans and the search for free television broadcasting – Mahfoud Amara and Laurent BonnefoyPart II: Rooting the futureIntroduction: rooting the future – Laurent Bonnefoy and Myriam Catusse11 Drinking in Hamra: youthful nostalgia in Beirut? – Nicolas Dot-Pouillard12 The end of a world? Shifting seasons in Lejnan (Algeria) – Mohand Akli Hadibi13 Finding Baghdad: young people in search of ‘normality’ – Zahra Ali and Laurent Bonnefoy14 Two brothers: family and hospitality in Al-Karak (Jordan) – Christine Jungen15 In Massada Street’s coffee shops: the ambiguous social mix of the Palestinians of Israel in Haifa – Mariangela Gasparotto16 In the shade of the Khayma: cultural and political resistance of the young Sahrawis at Dakhla – Victoria Veguilla Del Moral17 Recreation, re-creation, resistance: what roles for dabké in Palestine? – Xavier Guignard18 Taranim and videos: the Egyptian Church stripped bare by its children? – Laure Guirguis19 ‘My identity is becoming clear like the sun’: theatre in the Shiite schools of Lebanon – Catherine Le ThomasPart III: Constructing oneselfIntroduction: constructing oneself – Laurent Bonnefoy and Myriam Catusse20 ‘A room of one’s own’: young people in search of privacy – Anne-Marie Filaire21 A different way of being a young woman? Self-defence in Cairo – Perrine Lachenal22 Chewing alone? The transformations of Qat consumption in Yemen – Marine Poirier23 Gulf holiday-goers in Europe: five-star family favourites – Claire Beaugrand24 In SOS Bab el Oued: rappers and rockers between integration and transgression – Layla Baamara25 Leaving the camp: the wanderings of young Palestinian refugees in Lebanon – Nicolas Puig26 ‘Rainbow Street’: the diversity, compartmentalization and assertion of Youth in Amman (Jordan) – Cyril Roussel27 Brahim: autopsy of a suicide in Kabylia – Kamel Chachoua28 “Bnat lycée dayrin sexy”: from fun to sex work in Tangier (Morocco) – Mériam CheikhPart IV: Speaking OutIntroduction: speaking out – Laurent Bonnefoy and Myriam Catusse29 ‘A bad day for Ammar’: when Tunisian bloggers took on internet censorship – Romain Lecomte30 A new social world? Young Syrian activists and online social networks – Enrico De Angelis31 Stand up: Saudi Youth take the floor... on YouTube! – Yves Gonzalez-Quijano32 The café in Jadu: a place for ‘revolutionary’ emancipation in Libya – Arthur Quesnay33 From consumerism to political engagement: young ‘Sunnis’ in Bahrain react in ‘defence of their country’ (2011–12) – Claire Beaugrand34 When walls speak: revolutionary street art in Yemen – Anahi Alviso-Marino35 Art under occupation: ‘The Young Artist of the Year’ (Palestine) – Marion Slitine36 ‘The instinct of rap’: Palestinian rap, political contents and artistic explorations – Nicolas Puig37 Rocking in Morocco: the new urban scene in Casablanca – Dominique Caubet and Catherine Miller38 Alexandrians in fusion: trajectories of Egyptian musicians from alternative milieux to the revolution – Youssef El ChazliIndex