10.17192/meta.2016.6.5129 Lang, Felix Felix Lang Théoleyre, Malcolm Malcolm Théoleyre The Rebel Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 6 (2016) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2016 Terrorists Revolution Arab Spring Translation Rebel Islamism 1848 Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2018-01-31 2016-05-24 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2016/157/5129 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2016-157-51299 https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2016.6.157 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2016/157/5129/5129.png 2196-629X application/pdf Who is the rebel in the Middle East and North Africa? Translating the 'rebel' in the Arab spring context bears lexical and semantic difficulties, but, most of all, it requires to guard oneself from western liberal bias. Discussing different notions of 'the rebel' and related Arabic terms such as thāʾir and mutamarrid, this article introduces META issue #6 on 'The Rebel'. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 6 (2016)