Mostafa Mohie is a journalist who works for Mada Masr online newspaper in Egypt. He was a documentary researcher for films on the Alexandrian trade unionist Fathallah Mahrous and on ‘Izbit Khayrallah neighborhood in Cairo. He holds an MA in cultural anthropology from the American University in Cairo.

• Acknowledgments1 IntroductionPort Said and the Suez CanalStranger’s GazeMethodology and Positionality2 Al-Tahgir: The Production of the Self and the OtherForced Migration as a Moment of RuptureMaking the SelfProducing al-Aghrab3 Shifting Modalities: From Sea Trading to Land TradingPort Said as a PlaceWorking in the CanalThe Free Trade ZoneSea Trading in the FTZ4 Al-Simsimiya Has a Story to TellAl-Simsimiya PerformancesA Brief History of al-Simsimiya5 Remaking the City after the Port Said Stadium Massacre The Massacre and Its Immediate EffectsA Response to Civil Unrest6 Conclusions and ReflectionsReferencesAbout the Author

Mostafa Mohie is a journalist who works for Mada Masr online newspaper in Egypt. He was a documentary researcher for films on the Alexandrian trade unionist Fathallah Mahrous and on ‘Izbit Khayrallah neighborhood in Cairo. He holds an MA in cultural anthropology from the American University in Cairo.

• Acknowledgments1 IntroductionPort Said and the Suez CanalStranger’s GazeMethodology and Positionality2 Al-Tahgir: The Production of the Self and the OtherForced Migration as a Moment of RuptureMaking the SelfProducing al-Aghrab3 Shifting Modalities: From Sea Trading to Land TradingPort Said as a PlaceWorking in the CanalThe Free Trade ZoneSea Trading in the FTZ4 Al-Simsimiya Has a Story to TellAl-Simsimiya PerformancesA Brief History of al-Simsimiya5 Remaking the City after the Port Said Stadium Massacre The Massacre and Its Immediate EffectsA Response to Civil Unrest6 Conclusions and ReflectionsReferencesAbout the Author

Mostafa Mohie is a journalist who works for Mada Masr online newspaper in Egypt. He was a documentary researcher for films on the Alexandrian trade unionist Fathallah Mahrous and on ‘Izbit Khayrallah neighborhood in Cairo. He holds an MA in cultural anthropology from the American University in Cairo.

• Acknowledgments1 IntroductionPort Said and the Suez CanalStranger’s GazeMethodology and Positionality2 Al-Tahgir: The Production of the Self and the OtherForced Migration as a Moment of RuptureMaking the SelfProducing al-Aghrab3 Shifting Modalities: From Sea Trading to Land TradingPort Said as a PlaceWorking in the CanalThe Free Trade ZoneSea Trading in the FTZ4 Al-Simsimiya Has a Story to TellAl-Simsimiya PerformancesA Brief History of al-Simsimiya5 Remaking the City after the Port Said Stadium Massacre The Massacre and Its Immediate EffectsA Response to Civil Unrest6 Conclusions and ReflectionsReferencesAbout the Author