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Political Economy of the New Egyptian Republic
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 33, No. 4
Häftad, 2023
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A collection of studies looking at social and political changes following Egypt's 2011 RevolutionEgypt is a country of its people. What has been the effect on its inhabitants of the 2011 revolution and subsequent developments? In 2013, a conference held under the auspices of Cairo Papers in Social …
International Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 35, No. 2
Av Ibrahim Awad
Häftad, 2024
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A multilayered, multidisciplinary examination of migration in the Euro-Mediterranean region during two centuriesThis issue of Cairo Papers takes up the various dimensions of migration and refugees in the Euro-Mediterranean region over different periods in the last two centuries. It looks at both …
Understanding the Public Sector in Egyptian Cinema: A State Venture
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 35, No. 3
Häftad, 2024
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Public and government attitudes to the role of the public sector in Egyptian cinemaIn 1957 the public sector in Egyptian cinema was established, followed shortly by the emergence of public-sector film production in 1960, only to end eleven years later, in 1971. Assailed with negativity since its …
On Friendship between the No Longer and the Not Yet: An Ethnographic Account
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 35, No. 4
Av Soha Mohsen
Häftad, 2024
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An ethnographic study of the contemporary meanings, forms, and purposes of friendship among young EgyptiansThere is a great deal to be said about ideas and imaginations of the “future” when one does not have the luxury of maintaining a slot in the present. In the midst of acute conditions of …
Biographies of Port Said: Everydayness of State, Dwellers, and Strangers
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 36, No. 1
Häftad, 2024
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A study of how the city of Port Said was created, and its spaces mutually produced and transformed through the practices of both dwellers and the stateFounded in 1859, as part of the Suez Canal project and named after Khedive Said, the city of Port Said has always stood at the juncture of global, …
Egyptian Hip-Hop: Expressions from the Underground
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 34, No. 1
Häftad, 2023
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A study of rap in Egypt as a multi-layered form of expressionThis ethnographic study of the Egyptian underground hip-hop scene examines the artists who collectively molded the scene and analyzes their practices and explores how these artists have interacted with and responded to political and …
Sports and Society in the Middle East
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 34, No. 2
Häftad, 2023
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A set of studies looking at the history, politics, and sociology of sports in the Arab worldThe sociology of sports in the Middle East has been neglected compared to other world regions. This volume aspires to encourage a greater focus on this topic. Here are assembled papers that discuss various …
Organizing the Unorganized: Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 34, No. 3
Häftad, 2023
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A study of workers' rights in a non-unionized field in Lebanon This study examines the process of unionizing domestic workers in Lebanon, highlighting the potentialities as well as the obstacles confronting it, and looks at the multiple power relations involved through axes of class, gender, race, …
Food Question in the Middle East
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 34, No. 4
Häftad, 2023
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A new collection of essays on food production and distribution in the Arab world and their sociocultural and political implicationsIn recent years, the food question has been a central concern for politicians, economists, international organizations, activists and NGOs alike, as well as social …
Oral History in Times of Change: Gender, Documentation, and the Making of Archives
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 35, No. 1
Av Hoda Elsadda
Häftad, 2024
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Challenges, opportunities, and methodological issues in the creation of oral history archives in the Arab worldOral history archives have always been at the forefront of liberatory social movements in general, and of feminist movement in particular. Until the end of the twentieth century in the …
Pioneering Feminist Anthropology in Egypt: Selected Writings from Cynthia Nelson
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 28, No. 2/3
Häftad, 2007
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Cynthia Nelson was an outstanding professor of anthropology at AUC and the founding director of the Institute of Gender and Women’s Studies. This collection of her essays, which highlight her distinguished scholarly career, is grouped under three main themes: phenomenology and the meaning of …
Creating Families Across Boundaries: A Case Study of Romanian–Egyptian Mixed Marriages
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 28, No. 1
Av Ana Vinea
Häftad, 2007
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Based on unstructured interviews with thirteen Romanian–Egyptian couples presently living in Cairo, this study focuses on three interrelated aspects of these mixed marriages: the contexts that allowed the formation of the mixed families; the practices in which the couples engage in terms of …
Crossing Borders, Shifting Boundaries
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 29, No. 1
Av Sari Hanafi
Häftad, 2008
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This monograph centers on the effort to understand the issue of return migration to Palestine from a sociological point of view. Six papers examine various human situations among Palestinians, ranging from villages that have been divided by borders such as the Green Line to populations of …
Roses in Salty Soil: Women and Depression in Egypt Today
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 28, No. 4
Häftad, 2008
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This study aims to fill a research gap in the phenomenology of Egyptian women’s experiences and perceptions of affective suffering and psycho-social distress. Deconstructing disciplinary boundaries, it presents a cross-cultural insight into the interplay among women, culture, and psychological …
Political and Social Protest in Egypt
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 29, No. 2/3
Häftad, 2008
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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 …
Child Protection Policies in Egypt: A Rights-Based Approach
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 30, No. 1
Av Adel Azer, Sohair Mehanna m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
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This study seeks to provide a critical analysis of child protection policies in Egypt and examine whether these policies are based on the rights-based model of child protection that is embodied in the Convention for Child Rights (CRC). It identifies the ways in which these policies fail to link …
Experience of Protest: Masculinity and Agency Among Sudanese Refugees in Cairo
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 29, No. 4
Häftad, 2010
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In the autumn of 2005, a group of young male Sudanese refugees organized a protest against the policies of the UNHCR in Cairo. Using the protest as a vehicle for exploring the difficulties encountered by young Sudanese men, and their motivations for initiating or joining the protest, this study …
Farthest Place: Social Boundaries in an Egyptian Desert Community
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 30, No. 2
Häftad, 2010
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This ethnographic account of a conglomerate of Egyptian villages in the Western Desert, envisaged as a government project to resettle populations from the Nile Valley and Delta, looks at how Abu Minqar’s existence is contingent upon social and spatial networks that reach beyond the boundaries of …
Humanist Perspectives on Sacred Space
Av David Blanks, Bradley Clough
Häftad, 2012
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While sacred spaces cannot be narrowed down to particular forms or meanings, they do in their meanings and functions express fundamental values and principles, and in doing so, they perform the work of religion itself. This issue is made up of a collection of essays on the various meanings, …
Law as a Tool for Empowering Women within Marital Relations: A Case Study of Paternity Lawsuits in Egypt
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 31, No. 2
Häftad, 2012
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How do women use courts within the context of paternity lawsuits? This study analyzes the challenges that the formal legal approach to empowering women faces once it is translated into everyday socio-legal experiences and court repertoires. It also seeks to trace the pathologies inherent in …
Visual Productions of Knowledge: Toward a Different Middle East
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 31, No. 3/4
Av Hanan Sabea
Häftad, 2012
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This collection of essays builds on presentations and debates that were part of Cairo Papers 19th Annual Symposium, “Sights of Knowledge: Debates about Visual Production in the Middle East,” held in spring 2010. It also integrates commissioned contributions by other authors to reflect the wide …
Agrarian Transformation in the Arab World: Persistent and Emerging Challenges
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 32, No. 2
Av Habib Ayeb
Häftad, 2014
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This collection of essays revisits agrarian transformation in Arab countries in the light of new realities and emerging challenges. Apart from the urgency of the deepening food crisis, such realities include environmental challenges, changes in consumption and life-style choices, and a new set of …
Planning Egypt's New Settlements
The Politics of Spatial Inequities
Av Dalia Wahdan
Häftad, 2012
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This study critically analyzes the paradigms and practices of planning in Egypt since 1952. It interrogates the politics of national and physical planning while tracing the ideas that informed the establishment of new settlements in the country across the regimes of Nasser, Sadat, and Mubarak. …
Femininity and Dance in Egypt: Embodiment and Meaning in al-Raqs al-Baladi
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 32, No. 3
Av Noha Roushdy
Häftad, 2014
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Considering the paradoxical position of al-raqs al-baladi or “belly dance” in Egyptian social life, as both a vibrant and a contested cultural form, this issue of Cairo Papers in Social Science considers the impact of wider socio-cultural and political forces on the marginalization of professional …
Masculinities in Egypt and the Arab World
Historical, Literary, and Social Science Perspectives
Av Helen Rizzo
Häftad, 2014
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While reflecting upon the Arab Spring, the essays in this collection cover several themes that include utilizing the concept of hegemonic masculinity in productive ways, the role of the state in promoting certain types of masculinities while devaluing and disciplining others, the potential role of …
Church in the Square
Negotiations of Religion and Revolution at an Evangelical Church in Cairo
Häftad, 2015
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In the wake of the 25 January 2011 popular uprisings, youth and leaders from the Kasr el Dobara Evangelical Church, the largest Protestant congregation in the Middle East, situated just behind Tahrir Square embarked on new, unpredictable political projects. This ethnography seeks to elucidate the …
Anthropology in Egypt 1900-1967
Culture, Function, and Reform
Häftad, 2015
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Anthropology as a discipline came to Egypt around 1900, as foreign anthropologists reported home on the culture they found. Gradually the intellectual approach was influenced by the functionalist school, stressing that a society consists of interlocking parts. As Egyptians took the lead in …
Egyptian Encounters
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 23, No. 3
Häftad, 2002
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Looking at encounters of European travelers with Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this collection of essays focuses on the experience of the less well known travelers and institutions.Contributors include: Lisa Bernasek, Briony Llewellyn, A.J. Mills, Charles Newton, John David …
Palestinian and Israeli Nationalism: Identity Politics and Education in Jerusalem
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 25, No. 4
Häftad, 2004
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This study suggests that the combined impact of the experience of Israeli occupation and the pedagogical uses of Palestinian nationalism, as well as the nationalist content of Israeli education, is likely to encourage attitudes in Jerusalem children that will prolong conflict between the two …
Cultural Dynamics in Contemporary Egypt
Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 27, No. 1/2
Av Maha Abdelrahman, Iman Hamdy m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
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From the politics of food to images in the media, this double issue of Cairo Papers in Social Science focuses on a wide array of emerging cultural patterns in modern-day Egypt and their social, political, and economic ramifications. All the contributions are based on papers delivered at the Cairo …
