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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doaj-6cd1ed45305646d5839b5cb2967364542020-11-25T03:16:24ZengCenter for Near and Middle Eastern Studies Middle East : Topics & Arguments2196-629X2020-07-011410.17192/meta.2020.14.8265A Thug, a Revolutionary or Both? Negotiating Masculinity in Post-Revolutionary EgyptDina Wahbe0Freie Universitat 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 of baltagiya. Thus, examining the gendered affective registers linked to the baltagi (thug) is essential in understanding the potential of the revolutionary moment and the urgency with which the state had to reinstate the narrative of the baltagi as a dangerous criminal to justify mass violence and speed urban transformation projects. https://meta-journal.net/article/view/8265Affect, Emotions, Egypt, Masculinity, Gender, Egyptian Revolution, Urban Poor,Politics from Below |
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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 of baltagiya. Thus, examining the gendered affective registers linked to the baltagi (thug) is essential in understanding the potential of the revolutionary moment and the urgency with which the state had to reinstate the narrative of the baltagi as a dangerous criminal to justify mass violence and speed urban transformation projects.
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