[ecrea] THE JOURNEY TO TAHRIR - EDITED BY JEANNIE SOWERS AND CHRIS TOENSING

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THE JOURNEY TO TAHRIR: REVOLUTION, PROTEST AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN EGYPT

Edited by JEANNIE SOWERS AND CHRIS TOENSING

Published: 28^th  June 2012

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The toppling of Hosni Mubarak marked the beginning of a revolutionary 
restructuring of Egypt's political and social order. Jeannie Sowers and 
Chris Toensing bring together updated essays from MIDDLE EAST REPORT - 
the premier journal covering the region - that offer unrivaled analysis 
of the major social andpolitical trends that underpinned these 
tumultuous events.

Starting with the momentous eighteen days of street protest that 
compelled Mubarak'sresignation, the volume moves back in time to plumb 
the state's strategies of repression and examine the mounting dissent of 
workers, democracy advocates, anti-war activists, and social and 
environmental campaigners. Leading analysts of Egypt detail the 
demographic and economic trends that produced wealth for the few and 
impoverishment for the many. The collection brings clear-headed, 
first-hand understanding to bear on a moment of intense hope and 
uncertainty in the Arab world's most populous nation.

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FULL LIST OF CONTENTS:

1. Egypt in Transformation - Jeannie Sowers

PART I. THE JANUARY 25 REVOLUTION

2. The Praxis of the Egyptian Revolution - Mona El-Ghobashy

3. The Eighteen Days of Tahrir - Ahmad Shokr

4. The Poetry of Revolt - Elliott Colla

5. Revolution and Counter-Revolution in the Egyptian Media - Ursula Lindsey

6. Taking Out the Trash: Youth Clean Up Egypt After Mubarak - Jessica 
Winegar

PART II. PROTEST UNDER AUTHORITARIAN RULE

7. The “Arab Street” - Asef Bayat

8. Activist Dissent and Anti-War Protests in Egypt - Paul Schemm

*9. The Working Class and the Popular Movement in Egypt * - Joel Beinin

10. The Wall Mubarak Made - Ursula Lindsey__

PART III. POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS UNDER MUBARAK

11. Unsettling the Authorities: Constitutional Reform in Egypt - Mona 
El-Ghobashy

12. The Dynamics of Elections Under Mubarak - Mona El-Ghobashy

13. Controlled Reform in Egypt: Neither Reformist nor Controlled - 
Issandr El Amrani

14. The Muslim Brothers in Mubarak’s Last Decade -Samer Shehata and 
Joshua Stacher

15. The Gama‘a Islamiyya: From Impasse to Opportunity - Ewan Stein

16. Cross and Crescent in Post-Mubarak Egypt - Mariz Tadros

PART IV. ECONOMIC REFORM, DEMOGRAPHY, AND ENVIRONMENT

17. Economic Reform and Privatization in Egypt _- _Karen Pfeifer__

18. Dreamland: The Neoliberalism of Your Desires 
<http://www.jstor.org.libproxy.unh.edu/stable/3012500?&Search=yes&searchText=Egypt&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicResults%3Fhp%3D25%26la%3D%26so%3Dnew%26wc%3Don%26acc%3Don%26gw%3Djtx%26jcpsi%3D1%26artsi%3D1%26Query%3DEgypt%26sbq%3DEgypt%26filter%3Djid%3A10.2307%2Fj100425%26si%3D176%26jtxsi%3D176&prevSearch=&item=189&ttl=1290&returnArticleService=showFullText> - 
Timothy Mitchell

19. Demographic Surprises Foreshadow Change in Neoliberal Egypt - Eric Denis

20. Mining for Fish: Privatization of the “Commons” Along Egypt’s 
Northern Coastline 
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Ray Bush 
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Amal Sabri 
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21. Damietta Mobilizes for Its Environment - Sharif Elmusa and Jeannie 
Sowers

PART V. THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF YOUTH, GENDER, AND MARRIAGE

22. Downveiling: Gender and the Contest Over Culture in Cairo 
<http://www.jstor.org.libproxy.unh.edu/stable/1559250?&Search=yes&searchText=Egypt&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicResults%3Fhp%3D25%26la%3D%26so%3Dnew%26wc%3Don%26acc%3Don%26gw%3Djtx%26jcpsi%3D1%26artsi%3D1%26Query%3DEgypt%26sbq%3DEgypt%26filter%3Djid%3A10.2307%2Fj100425%26si%3D101%26jtxsi%3D101&prevSearch=&item=122&ttl=1290&returnArticleService=showFullText> - 
Linda Herrera

23. The Fiction (and Non-Fiction) of Egypt’s Marriage Crisis - Hanan 
Kholoussy

24. Explaining Egypt’s Targeting of Gays - Hossam Bahgat

25. Imagined Youths - Ted Swedenburg

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Praise for MIDDLE EAST REPORT:

“MIDDLE EAST REPORT is the best periodical (in English) on the Middle 
East—bar none.” – Rashid Khalidi

“No person, specializing or not in Middle Eastern affairs, can afford to 
ignore MIDDLE EAST REPORT.” – Eric Rouleau

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Jeannie Sowers & Chris Toensing are experts on the Middle East, 
especially Egypt, and editors of MIDDLE EAST REPORT.

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ISBN: 978 1 84467 875 4 / $29.95 / £19.99 / Paperback / 320 pages

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