Table Of ContentEGYPT
BEYOND
TAHRIR SQUARE
EGYPT
BEYOND
TAHRIR SQUARE
Edited by
Bessma Momani
and Eid Mohamed
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Bloomington and Indianapolis
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Momani, Bessma, editor. | Mohamed, Eid, editor.
Title: Egypt beyond Tahrir Square / edited by Bessma Momani
and Eid Mohamed.
Description: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016024307 (print) | LCCN 2016040104 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780253022837 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780253023100
(pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780253023315 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Arab Spring, 2010- | Egypt— History— Protests,
2011- | Revolutions— Egypt— History—21st century. |
Egypt—H istory.
Classification: LCC DT107.88 .E346 2016 (print) | LCC DT107.88
(ebook) | DDC 962.05/6— dc23
LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2016024307
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Contents
Acknowle dgments vii
Introduction 1
Bessma Momani and Eid Mohamed
1 Egypt’s Revolutionary Spirit across Time 16
Belal Fadl and Maissaa Almustafa
2 Egyptian Revolutionaries’ Unrealistic Expectations 28
Mohammad Fadel
3 Egypt’s Revolutionary Moment Turned Uprising 41
Sahar Aziz
4 The New Intellectual in Egypt’s Revolutions 63
Shereen Abouelnaga
5 The Muslim Brotherhood: Between Opposition and Power 76
Dalia Fahmy
6 Copts’ Role in Modern Egypt 95
Mai Mogib Mosad
7 Egyptian Media Capturing the Revolution 118
Mohamad Hamas Elmasry and Mohammed El- Nawawy
8 The Egyptian Military and the Presidency: Continuity and Change 133
Dina Rashed
9 Policing Egypt during Revolutionary Times 151
Hesham Genidy and Justine Salam
Conclusion: Moving beyond Tahrir 166
Ismail Alexandrani and Isaac Friesen
List of Contributors 177
Index 181
Acknowl edgments
T
here are several p eople whom we would like to thank for their work, time,
and hospitality. Thanks to the Balsillie School of International Affairs (bsia) in
Waterloo, Ontario, where they hosted our book workshop on May 5 and 6, 2014.
We would like to thank the bsia, especially Tiffany Bradley, John Ravenhill, and
Joanne Weston, for providing us with the facilities to hold this workshop and to
eventually complete this book with additional funding.
We extend our appreciation to all t hose who participated in this workshop,
our contributing authors as well as participants and discussants, including
Mohamed Arafa, David Dewitt, Timothy Donais, Nathan Funk, Hannah R. Gerber,
Jasmin Habib, Wael Haddara, Amr Hamzawy, Paul Kingston, Waleed Mahdi,
Andrew Thompson, and Renee Worringer.
We would like to thank Indiana University Press, and especially Rebecca
Tolen for guiding us through the publication pro cess and for providing us with
such helpful feedback throughout the pro cess. Thanks as well to Dee Mortensen
and Paige Rasmussen of Indiana University Press.
A special thank you to Elnaz Borandeh and Amanda Sadowski for their
work in organ izing the book workshop and assisting in preparing chapters. We
also thank Busra Hacioglu, Tanzeel Hakak, Reshem Khan, Anna Klimbovskaia,
Nick McEwan, and Nadine Thibeh for their assistance. Many thanks to Anton
Malkin for his copyediting.
This book has been published with the help of a grant from the International
Development Research Council, which was essential to the success of bringing
Egyptian scholars together in one room to discuss the book proj ect. Dr. Momani
would also like to thank the bsia for partial funding of book preparation and
copyediting.
Drs. Momani and Mohamed would like to thank their respective Egyptian
families for their love, support, and patience. The p eople of Egypt deserve a g reat
nation and this book was written with love for all Egyptians.
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