The Journey to Tahrir: Revolution, Protest, and Social Change in Egypt Book

Acknowledgements ix

1 Egypt in Transformation Jeannie Sowers 1

Part I The January 25 Revolution

2 The Praxis of the Egyptian Revolution Mana El-Ghobashy 21

3 The Eighteen Days of Tahrir Ahmad Shokr 41

4 The Poetry of Revolt Elliott Colla 47

5 Revolution and Counterrevolution in the Egyptian Media Ursula Lindsey 53

6 Taking Out the Trash: Youth Clean Up Egypt After Mubarak Jessica Winegar 64

Part II Protest under Authoritarian Rule

7 The "Arab Street" Asef Bayat 73

8 Activist Dissent and Anti-War Protests in Egypt Paul Schemm 85

9 The Working Class and the Popular Movement in Egypt Joel Beinin 92

10 The Wall Mubarak Made Ursula Lindsey 107

Part III Political Participation and Political Institutions Under Mubarak

11 Unsettling the Authorities: Constitutional Reform in Egypt Mona El-Ghobashy 121

12 The Dynamics of Elections Under Mubarak Mona El-Ghobashy 132

13 Controlled Reform in Egypt: Neither Reformist nor Controlled Issandr El Amrani 149

14 The Muslim Brothers in Mubarak's Last Decade Samer Shehata Joshua Stacher 160

15 The Gama's Islamiyya: From Impasses to Opportunity Ewan Stein 178

16 Cross and Crescent in Post-Mubarak Egypt Mariz Tadros 189

Part IV Economic Reform, Demography, and Environment

17 Economic Reform and Privatization in Egypt Karen Pfeifer 203

18 Dreamland: The Neoliberalism of Your Desires Timothy Mitchell 224

19 Demographic Surprises Foreshadow Change in Neoliberal Egypt Eric Denis 235

20 Mining for Fish: Privatization of the "Commons" Along Egypt's Northern Coastline Ray Bush Amal Sabri 242

21 Demietta Mobilizes for Its Environment Sharif Elmusa Jeannie Sowers 250

Part V The Cultural Politics of Youth, Gender, and Marriage

22 Downveiling: Gender and the Contest over Culture in Cairo Linda Herrera 265

23 The Fiction (and Non-Fiction) of Egypt's Marriage Crisis Hanan Kholoussy 272

24 Explaining Egypt's Targeting of Gays Hossam Bahgat 280

25 Imagined Youths Ted Swedenburg 285

Contributors 295

Index 301