Children of the Revolution
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The turmoil in Iran presents the current regime with its greatest crisis in the thirty years since the Islamic Revolution. More than that, however, it offers insight into whether and to what extent political Islam will address and reflect the needs of the younger generations in Muslim countries stretching from Turkey to Indonesia.
Iran is an instructive example in the Muslim world because its population is so young: The median age is 26.4 years. Half the population is under 30 and a third is between the ages of 15 to 29 — too young to have experienced the 1979 revolution or to understand firsthand its causes.
In broad strokes, the Muslim world at large is also disproportionately young, with those under 24 comprising 50 to 65 percent of the Middle East's population. Many of these youth live under dictatorships or quasi-dictatorships and cannot find employment or any meaningful outlet to realize their potential in the ossified societies that suffocate them.
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Iran is an instructive example in the Muslim world because its population is so young: The median age is 26.4 years. Half the population is under 30 and a third is between the ages of 15 to 29 — too young to have experienced the 1979 revolution or to understand firsthand its causes.
In broad strokes, the Muslim world at large is also disproportionately young, with those under 24 comprising 50 to 65 percent of the Middle East's population. Many of these youth live under dictatorships or quasi-dictatorships and cannot find employment or any meaningful outlet to realize their potential in the ossified societies that suffocate them.
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metalcookiesxy70
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Its nice to see ya back on here, goldenways...
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metalcookiesxy70:
It's good to be back
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