Leila Zaki Chakravarti is a Visiting Research Fellow in Anthropology at Goldsmiths, London University. Her recently published monograph exploring constructs of class, gender and religion within an export-orientated garment manufacturing factory in Port Said, Egypt was one of the three 2017 finalists in the BBC’s annual “Thinking Allowed” Ethnography Award competition. Her current research interests focus on constructs of masculinity within the workspaces of professional and amateur football, and the continuing compilation of ‘ethnographic snapshots’ of daily life in post-Arab Spring Egypt.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe president’s wedding: micro-politics of mass mobilisation in Egypt’s 2018 electionThe micro-level responses, and the individual and local acts of agency still reaffirm Egypt’s longstanding tradition...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLights – Camera – Action! ‘below the stairs’ soap opera production in middle class Cairo residencesFearful of a relentless downward slide, Cairo’s middle classes generate income by renting out their private...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEthnography in a time of upheaval – Egypt before and after the ‘Arab spring’Even within the narrower parameters of public spaces, debates which might lead to issues around accountability and...
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Published in: 50.50Stability Sandwiches: the control of street entrepreneurs in Sisi’s CairoNormal 0 21 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE The post-Sisi drive to restore and sanitize public space in Cairo is...
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Published in: 50.50The madame's story: renegotiating Cairo’s informal service sectorThe Egyptian Government’s anti-terrorism measures are causing subtle but significant shifts in Cairo’s vibrant...
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Published in: 50.50The maid's story: renegotiating Cairo’s informal service sectorThe Egyptian Government’s anti-terrorism measures are causing subtle but significant shifts in Cairo’s vibrant...