"The Invisible Arab is a brilliant analysis from Marwan Bishara, one of the Arab world's leading public intellectuals, on how the Arabs broke their own psychological barrier of fear to kindle one of the first significant revolutionary transformations of the twenty-first century."--Jacket.

Subtitle on dust jacket slightly different: The promise and peril of the Arab revolution.

20/20 vision -- L'Ancien Régime -- The miracle generation -- Rude awakening -- Regional power vs. people power -- The West : interests over values -- Arabism and identity -- Islamists and democracy -- The visible Arab.