A Thug, a Revolutionary or Both? Negotiating Masculinity in Post-Revolutionary Egypt
During the eighteen days of the Egyptian revolution, some hundred police stations in popular quarters in Cairo were burned down. Official accounts reported this as the work of baltagiya (thugs). The question of who burned the police stations serves as an entry point to problematizing the identity o...
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Language: | English |
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Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies
2020-07-01
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Series: | Middle East : Topics & Arguments |
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Online Access: | https://meta-journal.net/article/view/8265 |