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The graffiti of Mohamed Mahmoud and the politics of transition in Egypt: The transformation of space, sociality and identities
This study is concerned with the spatial transformations taking place in Mohamed Mahmoud that branches from Midan el-Tahrir; the official site of the Egyptian January 25 Revolution. Since the revolution, this street has witnessed a great deal of violence during several bloody clashes between protest...
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| author | El-Hawary, Nouran Al-Anwar |
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| description | This study is concerned with the spatial transformations taking place in Mohamed Mahmoud that branches from Midan el-Tahrir; the official site of the Egyptian January 25 Revolution. Since the revolution, this street has witnessed a great deal of violence during several bloody clashes between protesters and security forces. It has also become famous for the dissenting graffiti murals wrapping the walls of it entrance. By conducting ethnography of this block of Mohamed Mahmoud Street, my study focuses on the residents and shop owners in the area, who I frame as the graffiti's ‘unintended audience,’ to understand how these spatial and political transformations have affected this space, the residents’ experience, social relations and sense of belonging. I argue that these new spatial transformations brought by the revolution have introduced an alternative public space, inviting a peculiar array of incidents and distinctive social interactions in which people deploy the mode of speaking in their subversion of many ambivalences in the course of troubled political transition. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-2851 The graffiti of Mohamed Mahmoud and the politics of transition in Egypt: The transformation of space, sociality and identities El-Hawary, Nouran Al-Anwar This study is concerned with the spatial transformations taking place in Mohamed Mahmoud that branches from Midan el-Tahrir; the official site of the Egyptian January 25 Revolution. Since the revolution, this street has witnessed a great deal of violence during several bloody clashes between protesters and security forces. It has also become famous for the dissenting graffiti murals wrapping the walls of it entrance. By conducting ethnography of this block of Mohamed Mahmoud Street, my study focuses on the residents and shop owners in the area, who I frame as the graffiti's ‘unintended audience,’ to understand how these spatial and political transformations have affected this space, the residents’ experience, social relations and sense of belonging. I argue that these new spatial transformations brought by the revolution have introduced an alternative public space, inviting a peculiar array of incidents and distinctive social interactions in which people deploy the mode of speaking in their subversion of many ambivalences in the course of troubled political transition. 2014-10-01T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1823 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2851/viewcontent/Thesis_Nouran_September_2014_Final.pdf Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Graffiti Mohamed Mahmoud politics of transitions identities Anthropology Near and Middle Eastern Studies Political Science |
| spellingShingle | Graffiti Mohamed Mahmoud politics of transitions identities Anthropology Near and Middle Eastern Studies Political Science El-Hawary, Nouran Al-Anwar The graffiti of Mohamed Mahmoud and the politics of transition in Egypt: The transformation of space, sociality and identities |
| title | The graffiti of Mohamed Mahmoud and the politics of transition in Egypt: The transformation of space, sociality and identities |
| title_full | The graffiti of Mohamed Mahmoud and the politics of transition in Egypt: The transformation of space, sociality and identities |
| title_fullStr | The graffiti of Mohamed Mahmoud and the politics of transition in Egypt: The transformation of space, sociality and identities |
| title_full_unstemmed | The graffiti of Mohamed Mahmoud and the politics of transition in Egypt: The transformation of space, sociality and identities |
| title_short | The graffiti of Mohamed Mahmoud and the politics of transition in Egypt: The transformation of space, sociality and identities |
| title_sort | graffiti of mohamed mahmoud and the politics of transition in egypt the transformation of space sociality and identities |
| topic | Graffiti Mohamed Mahmoud politics of transitions identities Anthropology Near and Middle Eastern Studies Political Science |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1823 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2851/viewcontent/Thesis_Nouran_September_2014_Final.pdf |
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