1st Edition

From the 1919 Revolution to the 2011 Arab Spring A History of Three Egyptian Thawras Reconsidered

Edited By Uzi Rabi, Mira Tzoreff Copyright 2024
296 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Focused on three Egyptian revolutions—in 1919, 1952, and 2011—this edited book argues that each of these revolutions is a milestone which represents a meaningful turning point in modern Egyptian history. Revolutions are typically characterized by a fundamental change in political and social infrastructures as well as in the establishment of new values and norms. However, it should be noted that... Read more

Revolutions in Egypt – A Theoretical Framework

1. The Conceptualization of the 1919, 1952 and 2011 Risings: Thawra or Revolution?

Shimon Shamir

2. The Burden of History

Shlomo Avineri

Egyptian Revolutions from Within: Politics, Society, Economy and Regional Role

3. Who Has Governed Egypt – Ruler, Regime, or State? Egypt’s Unrevolutionary 1971 Revolution

Nathan J. Brown

4. Historic Pathways in Two Revolutions: 1919 and 2011

James Whidden

5. Vertical vs. Horizontal: Egypt’s State-Religion Discourse Before and After the 2011 Uprising

Limor Lavie

6. The Lonely Minority? Assessing the Modern Story of Egypt’s Copts and their "Return to Tradition"

Heather J. Sharkey

7. Egypt: The Inevitable Consequences of Inconsistent Socioeconomic Policies

Onn Winckler

8. From Leader to Partner: Egypt’s Declining Role in the Arab System (1952-2020)

Elie Podeh

How Should a Revolution be Remembered? Hegemonic Collective Memory Versus Counter Collective Memories

9. State Efforts to Establish Museums for the 1952 Revolution in Egypt

Joyce van de Bildt-De Jong

10. The Jubilee Celebrations of Egypt’s 1952 Revolution and the Construction of Collective Memory

Alon Tam

11. Language, Humor, and Revolution in Contemporary Egypt

Gabriel M. Rosenbaum

12. Young Egyptians Conquer the Public Sphere of Taḥrīr Square, Reshaping Egyptian Collective Memory and Identity through Graffiti

Mira Tzoreff

Biography

Uzi Rabi is the Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Head of the Department of Middle Eastern and African History, and a senior researcher at the Center for Iranian Studies, all at Tel Aviv University. His research focuses on the modern history and evolution of states and societies in the Middle East, Iranian–Arab relations, oil and politics in the Middle East, and Sunni–Shi'i dynamics.

Mira Tzoreff is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Middle East and African History and a Senior Researcher at the Moshe Dayan Center—both at Tel Aviv University. Her areas of research are the socio-cultural history of modern Egypt, women and gender in Arab and Islamic societies, and youth in the Middle East and North Africa.