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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2021

Zaynab El Bernoussi
Affiliation:
International University of Rabat
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This chapter gives an overview of the book in how it deals with dignity in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution in the context of the Arab Uprisings. Dignity or karama in Arabic is a nebulous concept that challenges us to reflect about various issues such as identity, human rights, and faith. This chapter shows that the research to write this book was prompted by the complexity of dignity demands at a time when the region of North Africa and the Middle East was drifting in the socio-political event of the “Arab Spring” or Arab Uprisings. The main motivation in the research was to investigate understandings of karama in the specific context of Egypt during the 2011 protests. To do so, the focus was on interviews with participants in the 2011 protests and analysis of art forms that emerged during protests and in which there was an explicit expression of dignity/lack of dignity. The chapter presents the argument and contribution of the book, the importance of terminology and layers of meanings, and finally the wider context for dignity slogans. The chapter ends by presenting the book structure and the thematic chapters.

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Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution
Protest and Demand during the Arab Uprisings
, pp. 1 - 26
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Introduction
  • Zaynab El Bernoussi
  • Book: Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution
  • Online publication: 18 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108991148.003
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  • Introduction
  • Zaynab El Bernoussi
  • Book: Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution
  • Online publication: 18 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108991148.003
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  • Introduction
  • Zaynab El Bernoussi
  • Book: Dignity in the Egyptian Revolution
  • Online publication: 18 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108991148.003
Available formats
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