This collection of essays uses the term ampldquoArab Uprisingsamprdquo as the organizing frame to address numerous sociocultural economic political experiential and communicative aspects of the uprisings. The text is organized around three themes origins experiences and trajectories. The first section addresses catalyzing factors that help explain the emergence of the uprisings from various political economic and sociocultural perspectives. The second section examines the functions and responses of diverse people institutions and ideologies during the initial years of the uprisings. It includes an indepth case study on womenamprsquos changing political situation in the catalyzing country of Tunisia as well as discussions about the roles of political Islam new mass media and social networks in these rapidly changing contexts. The third section discusses crossnational implications and the multitude of repercussion the uprisings are having on the global system.