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Voici le résumé de mon article The Energy of Revolt in Arab Cities: the Case of Jordan and Tunisia, récemment publié dans Built Environment, dossier Arab Cities after the 'Spring'.Energy has become a new urban public issue in Arab cities and, hence, the trigger for new claims, mobilizations, and even revolts or riots. This article proposes another approach to energy politics. In my view, a set of transformations in energy circuits are directly involved in the 'urbanization' of energy issues. By such a phrase, I mean different processes that reframe and rescale energy issues, usually national and international ones, at the level of the city. Energy reliability and affordability are new claims in the political arena in many Arab cities. Based on earlier research in Tunisia and Jordan, the article examines how policies of electrification in Arab cities have created a new metabolism associated with new power relations, specifically enhancing State legitimacy through symbolic and economic means. But the neoliberal turn in electricity policies, coupled with fossil fuel price pressures, is undoing this pact. Claims for affordable prices and effective power supply have been fostered in the context of the current uprisings. Grid-embedded resistance practices by ordinary people (customers or workers), which are analyzed in this article, put new light on the vulnerability of urban electricity circuits.Prochainement un lien HAL. En attendant, n'hésitez pas à me demander l'article, sauf si avez avez un accès abonné via votre bibliothèque.A titre d'illustration, cette caricature de Emad Hajjaj, par Al Rai en 2012, qui souligne l'enjeu du chauffage dans les foyers jordaniens et la nécessité, au sens propre de faire feu de tout bois! Le commentaire du dessin présente le poêle “mourabahaniah” qui permet au consommateur d'éviter toute pénurie de carburant: "Epuisé aujourd'hui! Avec le  poêle “mourabahaniah” spécifiquement étudié pour faire face à l'hiver jordanien. Il brûle tous les combustibles des marchés libres...” ( ©Emad Hajjaj, 2012)