Toward, Around, and Away from Tahrir : Tracking Emerging Expressions of Egyptian Identity.

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Table of contents; introduction; part i; balãgha or rhetoric?the language of the tahrir squarerevolution; part ii; arabizi; the literate and the literary; i was here; shooting in the square; part iii; the egyptian revolutionand malak hifni nasif; notes on the friday noon prayer; unique situations demanda rare leader; part iv; growth and maturation; who am i; omar has a question; part v; of place and possibility; about the contributors.

How do we understand current events in Egypt? Prior to January 25, 2011, when asked about unusual images, sights, or sounds, Cairene responses ranged from a litany of complaints to well-rehearsed, guidebook descriptions of picturesque neighborhoods and magnificent ruins. Occasionally, however, a thoughtful resident would remain silent, leaving visitors and guests to accept the surrounding smiles, shrugs, honking horns, blaring loudspeakers, and strings of expletives as background ambience. Du ...

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