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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy is the Egyptian state monopolizing the entertainment industry?Egypt has long been dubbed the “Hollywood” of the Middle East. But with heightened state-imposed restrictions and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt's ideology of repressionHow does the Egyptian regime make the mass wave of repression and violence justifiable?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt hosting the African Commission to cover human rights abuses?Sisi has re-positioned Egypt to play host to major regional and international gatherings to legitimize his...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEurope in Egypt: the white man’s burdenThe EU will continue to provide material and political support to the Egyptian regime, as long as it serves its goals.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: a horror storyAn attempt to remember, and cope with a trauma that pervades the lives of millions of Egyptians.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe battle over the memory of Egypt’s revolutionIn today’s Egypt, millions are silent, nevertheless, they still remember.
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Published in: HomeRethinking resistance in post-uprisings EgyptThere is a dynamic relationship between authoritarianism and resistance, whereby authoritarianism is never absolute,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaState violence and the illusions of modernity in EgyptThe constant state of denial that is a feature of the urban middle class and the regime is a necessity to maintain a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLiving the double life: behind the lies of women's daily lives in EgyptThe consequences of living this sort of double-life go far beyond family disagreements.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCritical voices in critical times: Peter Mayo on Gramsci, Egypt and critical pedagogyHow can the work and thought of Antonio Gramsci help us make sense of the Arab Uprisings and their aftermath? Is...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaChallenges of fieldwork in Egypt: changing/challenging theoretical leaningsHow can we ethnographically ground postmodern interest in human-animal relations?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMo Salah, the revolution and Egypt’s defeatThe real trouble with Egypt is that it’s a place where hope never lives, but never truly dies. العربية
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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 AsiaUnhappiness and Mohamed Salah’s EgyptSalah is a hero of disruption, a political voice without talking politics.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEducation and orientalist discourseThe topic of education fits neatly into the orientalist middle class rhetoric about the poor, ignoring its role as...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia"Big Brother": the art of subversionArt achieves its highest purpose when it questions the structures of power in a society. A goal that "Big Brother",...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt's political system is a pressure cooker: it will explodeEgypt will at some point explode in everyone's faces. The question is when, how and most of all, at what cost. How...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy do authoritarian regimes love elections?By the very nature of their positions, authoritarian leaders project extreme insecurity, as their legitimacy is not...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe return of the Ultras Ahlawy?Are communities that are not directly political more effective today? More capable of resisting repression and able...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPower and the divine: self-repression in EgyptFocusing on the afterlife, the rewards of heaven for the just and hell for the unjust, keeps the masses in check and...
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