The power wielded over others by absolute monarchs tyrannical totalitarian regimes and military occupiers and the power of the people who resist and deny their rulers claims to that authority by whatever means the extraordinary events in the middle east in 2011 offered a vivid example of how non violent demonstration can topple seemingly invincible rulers this book considers the ways in which the people have united to unseat their oppressors and fight against the status quo and . Tripp 2013 similarly discusses the many paths of resistance which middle eastern communities in general and women in particular employ this includes violent nonviolent imaginative. The power and the people paths of resistance in the middle east by charles tripp new york cambridge university press 2013 407p 8000 cloth 2799 paper volume 13 issue 1 lina khatib. This book is about the power wielded by authoritarian regimes and the power of the peoples resistance drawing on recent dramatic developments in the middle east and parallel moments in its modern history it examines how the people have united to unseat their oppressors this brilliant yet unsettling book affords a panoramic view of the twentieth and twenty first century middle east through occupation oppression and political resistance. This book is about power the power wielded over others by absolute monarchs tyrannical regimes and military occupiers and the power of the people who resist and deny their rulers claims to authority by whatever means the extraordinary events in the middle east in 2011 offered a vivid example of how non violent demonstration can topple seemingly invincible rulers