Political and Social Protest in Egypt Cairo Papers; Vol 29, No. 2

by Hopkins, Nicholas S.

• ISBN13: 9789774162008
• ISBN10: 9774162005
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press

Summary

Cairo Papers in Social Science first appeared in 1977, the year that witnessed the famous bread riots in Egypt. As the journal celebrates its 30th anniversary, Egypt also seems to be at a crossroads, as new forms of protest have been developing with the aim of challenging the existing order and inducing change. This issue includes a collection of papers delivered at Cairo Papers 30th Anniversary Symposium that deal with the different protest groups that have been active in Egypt in the last three decades, including the Kefaya movement, the Negm-Imam phenomenon, the feminist movement, Coptic activism, and the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as workers' protests, rural resistance, and the judges' call for reform. Cairo Papers Vol. 29, No. 2 Contributors: Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron, Marilyn Booth, Ray Bush, Françoise Clément, Rabab al-Mahdi, Sameh Naguib, Mustapha Kamel al-Sayyid, Samer Soliman, Robert Springborg

Table of Contents

Preface: Political and Social Protest in Egypt	p. 1
Protest against a Hybrid State: Words without Meaning?	p. 6
Exploding into the Seventies: Ahmad Fu'ad Nigm, Sheikh Imam, and the Aesthetics of a New Youth Politics	p. 19
Kefaya at a Turning Point	p. 45
Judges as Reform Advocates: A Lost Battle?	p. 60
When "Enough" is not Enough: Resistance during Accumulation by Dispossession	p. 85
Worker Protests under Economic Liberalization in Egypt	p. 100
A Feminist Movement in Egypt?	p. 117
The Radical Turn of Coptic Activism: Path to Democracy or to Sectarian Politics?	p. 135
The Muslim Brotherhood: Contradictions and Transformations	p. 155
About the Contributors	p. 175
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