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Migrating Birds, Dwelling Friends: On The Radical Possibilities Of Friendship, Soha Mohsen
Migrating Birds, Dwelling Friends: On The Radical Possibilities Of Friendship, Soha Mohsen
Theses and Dissertations
In this thesis I would like to explore the notion of friendship in contemporary Egypt, as a contingent relationship born and maintained among various conditions of political, economic and urban precarity and uncertainty. Particularly, I'm interested in looking at the affective and creative modes of attachment, relating and belonging that people constantly invent and experiment with, when life is too messy for categories to hold. By following, tracing and accompanying friends and networks of friendship emerging in and across the biggest two cities of Egypt; Cairo and Alexandria, my goal is to co-construct an ethnography about the contemporary meanings, forms …