"Literature and Revolution in the Middle East"

Google, Facebook and Twitter may be fueling uprisings throughout the Middle East, but current literature, as in the past, has also helped get the revolutionary ball rolling. Three contemporary writers, Daily Beast contributor Reza Alsan, author Azar Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran) and Nathan Englander (For the Relief of Unbearable Urges) discuss their roles in framing political discourse through their work.