Part I: Revolutionary Illusions, 1. The Visual Legacy of the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon; 2. Hizbullah: Image Management and Political Survival; 3. The Politics of (In)visibility in Iran. - Part II: Revolutionary Images, 4. The Visual Rush of the Arab Spring ; 5. Television Images and Political Struggle ; 6. From Images of Dictators to Images of Citizens. "Politicals in the Middle East is now seen and the image is playing a central part in processes of political struggle. This is the first book in the literature to engage directly with these changing ways of communicating politics in the region 3102u and particularly with the politics of the image, its power as a political tool."-From the publisher's website.