Being Young and Muslim: New Cultural Politics in the Global South and North, Bayat Asef, Herrera Linda

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of interest in youth issues and Muslim youth in particular. Young Muslims have been thrust into the global spotlight in relation to questions about security and extremism, work and migration, and rights and citizenship. This book interrogates the
cultures and politics of Muslim youth in the global South and North to understand their trajectories, conditions, and choices. Drawing on wide-ranging research from Indonesia to Iran and Germany to the U.S., it shows that while the majority of young Muslims share many common social, political, and
economic challenges, they exhibit remarkably diverse responses to them. Far from being exceptional, young Muslims often have as much in common with their non-Muslim global generational counterparts as they share among themselves. As they migrate, forge networks, innovate in the arts, master the
tools of new media, and assert themselves in the public sphere, Muslim youth have emerged as important cultural and political actors on a world stage.