IntroductionA literature review can be defined as locating, gathering, highlightingand summarizing the previous studies that most strongly relate toresearch topic. It helps a researcher to determine whether a researchtopic or subject is worth studying and it also provides insight into waysin which a researcher can limit the scope to a required area or subject ofinquiry. This article will scrutinize earlier studieson the influence and impact of the Arab uprisings – beyond the affectedstates in the region of Middle East and North (...) Africa. (shrink)

In 2015, Wan Kamal Mujani, a Professor of Islamic History and Siti Nurulizah Musa, a postgraduate student in Arabic and Islamic Studies, both from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia published an edited book entitled ‘Arab Spring’: Factor and Impact. Written in Malay and published by the Faculty of Islamic Studies of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. This volume comprises of fourteen chapters on the ‘Arab Spring’. They approach this phenomenon from different perspectives in order to guide the readers understand selected issues arising arose from (...) those momentous events that shook the Arab world between 2011 and 2012. (shrink)