Laura Gribbon is a graduate in Middle East Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She has been living in downtown Cairo for extended periods of time since January 2011. Laura is a contributor to the volume ‘Translating Egypt’s Revolution’, edited by Samia Mehrez (AUC Press, 2012), and has been writing more recently about narrative and visual constructions and deconstructions of Egypt’s political martyrs.
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Published in: HomeCycles of violence in Egypt
It is common to hear people sitting in ahwas (street coffee houses) speaking of their latest plans to demand better...
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Published in: HomeTranslating Egypt's revolution: images from Tahrir
In a series of photos from Tahrir Square, Laura Gribbon previews some of the work she will discuss in the...
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Published in: HomeThe Tahrir Square meme: a series of events at the University of East London
openDemocracy in conjunction with the University of East London is organizing a three-part event series on ‘The...