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From Text To Screenplay (Gendering The Nation In Mariam Naoum's Literary Adaptations), May Serhan
From Text To Screenplay (Gendering The Nation In Mariam Naoum's Literary Adaptations), May Serhan
Theses and Dissertations
Mariam Naoum's literary adaptations to television in the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian uprising have carried wide cultural, political and literary implications, especially where the "woman question" is concerned. With Islamism and militarism both threatening to exclude a wide sector of women from the historical narrative of the uprising and the subsequent nation-building process, and with a male-dominated literary establishment that systematically relegates women to secondary roles, Naoum's writing re-affirmed gendered agency both on the level of social engagement and authorship. Chapter one of the thesis provides the theoretical framework and historical backdrop necessary for understanding how female writing can …
Men Of Shoubra: Hairdressing, Shades Of Masculinities, And Ghosts Of Sectarianism, Tarek Moustafa Mohmed
Men Of Shoubra: Hairdressing, Shades Of Masculinities, And Ghosts Of Sectarianism, Tarek Moustafa Mohmed
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis looks at the intersections of masculinities, religiosity, and Coptic-Muslim cohabitation/ tensions through exploring the everyday lives of Shoubra’s male hairdressers who work exclusively with women. It builds on the fieldwork that I had conducted as an assistant hairdresser for one of Shoubra’s Coptic hairdressers. The thesis argues that the interplay of masculinities and religious identities is strongly embedded in the everydayness of Shoubra as a social space in ways that make them inseparable. This project started as an attempt to look at the masculinities of male hairdressers whose clients are women; however, by time it turned to be …