InArabMediterraneansocieties,untilthefirstdecadeofthe21stcentury, youthwasanindependentvariableintheanalysesofeducation,employment, engagement,gender,policiesandmobilityinseveraldisciplines(ElMessini, 1974;Rough,1987;Singerman,1995;Early,1997;Denis,2000;Hirschkind, 2001;Haenni,2005;Jacob,2007;Scheele,2007;Newcomb,2009).Nonetheless,fewworkswereproducedthatfocusedonyouthconditions,practices, patternsandexpectationsinArabMediterraneancountriesasaprincipal variable.Theso-called“ArabSpring”gaverisetoaboominresearchon youthsocialdynamicsintheregion,aswellasafar-reachingchangeof approachinArabstudies.Severalauthorsdemandattentionbeplacedon youthmaterialculture,negotiationofayouthspace,genderrelations,economicandpoliticalparticipation,andyouthsocialconstructionofreality (AssaadandRoudi-Fahimi,2007;Schielke,2009;Koning,2009;Peterson, 2011;SukariehandTannok,2008;Salehi-IsfahaniandDhillon,2008; Haenni,2009;Al-Momani,2012;IbrahimandHunt-Hendrix,2011;Deeb andWinegar,2012;Swedenburg,2012;Agrama,2012;Floris,2012).