Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-108-96505-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 287 g

Dignity, or karama in Arabic, is a nebulous concept that challenges us to reflect on issues such as identity, human rights, and faith. During the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, Egyptians that participated in these uprisings frequently used the concept of dignity as a way to underscore their opposition to the Mubarak regime. Protesting against the indignity of the poverty, lack of freedom and social justice, the idea of karama gained salience in Egyptian cinema, popular literature, street art, music, social media and protest banners, slogans and literature. Based on interviews with participants in the 2011 protests and analysis of the art forms that emerged during protests, Zaynab El Bernoussi explores understandings of the concept of dignity, showing how protestors conceived of this concept in their organisation of protest and uprising, and their memories of karama in the aftermath of the protests, revisiting these claims in the years subsequent to the uprising.

Autoren/Hrsg.

El Bernoussi, Zaynab

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Revolutionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Dignity as faith; 2. Dignity as identity; 3. Dignity as a human right; 4. Dignity as materialism; 5. Dignity recognition, not status; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

El Bernoussi, Zaynab
Zaynab El Bernoussi is Professor of International Politics at the International University of Rabat. She is the author of articles including 'Postcolonial Politics of Dignity' which won the 2015 Arab Prize of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. She has previously been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard University.