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Full-Text Articles in Near and Middle Eastern Studies

The Egyptian Uprising And April 6th Youth Movement Split, Somaia Metwalli El Sayed Oct 2014

The Egyptian Uprising And April 6th Youth Movement Split, Somaia Metwalli El Sayed

Theses and Dissertations

Few months after the Egyptian uprising, a considerable number of April 6th Youth movement announced their split. Knowing that the movement was already suffering from internal disputes over a number of issues, the research problem is centered on questioning whether and how the uprising played a role in such incident. Academic scholarship on social movements developed partial and action-oriented theories to explain different processes and dynamics of movement’s collective action. However, little work has been done on the trajectory of social movements in the Middle East, especially after radical forms of change as revolutions, uprisings or upheavals. It is argued …


The Graffiti Of Mohamed Mahmoud And The Politics Of Transition In Egypt: The Transformation Of Space, Sociality And Identities, Nouran Al-Anwar El-Hawary Oct 2014

The Graffiti Of Mohamed Mahmoud And The Politics Of Transition In Egypt: The Transformation Of Space, Sociality And Identities, Nouran Al-Anwar El-Hawary

Theses and Dissertations

This study is concerned with the spatial transformations taking place in Mohamed Mahmoud that branches from Midan el-Tahrir; the official site of the Egyptian January 25 Revolution. Since the revolution, this street has witnessed a great deal of violence during several bloody clashes between protesters and security forces. It has also become famous for the dissenting graffiti murals wrapping the walls of it entrance. By conducting ethnography of this block of Mohamed Mahmoud Street, my study focuses on the residents and shop owners in the area, who I frame as the graffiti's ‘unintended audience,’ to understand how these spatial and …


From The Forefront To The Sidelines: Youth In Post-Revolution Egypt, Khadiga Omar Oct 2014

From The Forefront To The Sidelines: Youth In Post-Revolution Egypt, Khadiga Omar

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the reasons for the declining role of youth as effective political players since the Egyptian Revolution in 2011. Particularly looking at the “Revolutionary Youth”, this study investigates why their activism over the course of the past four years could not translate into political power that would lead to the realization of the goals of the revolution. Resource Mobilization Theory, Political Opportunity Structure and Framing constitute a tri-lens through which the political experience of the youth is analyzed in this research. This thesis argues that a) the youth’s organizational dilemma; b) their reliance on protest as the exclusive …


Revisiting The Spiral Of Silence In A Social Media Environment: Egypt’S 2014 Presidential Election As A Case Study, Heba T. Saleh Elshahed Jul 2014

Revisiting The Spiral Of Silence In A Social Media Environment: Egypt’S 2014 Presidential Election As A Case Study, Heba T. Saleh Elshahed

Theses and Dissertations

With the advent of the Internet and anonymous features of online media, users have established novel platforms to voice their opinion freely without fear of negative feedback. This thesis explores the application of a long-standing public opinion theory– the spiral of silence by Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann–within the prevalent Social Networking Sites (SNS), particularly Facebook. When applying spiral of silence to online mediated environment, it seems intuitive that the lack of verbal cues and anonymity offered would serve to undermine the fear of isolation and restlessness that results in unwillingness to express minority views. This research contributes to understanding how the spiral …


Playing Against The Rhythm: The Intersection Of Gender And Performative Space In Iran, Leila Rafei Apr 2012

Playing Against The Rhythm: The Intersection Of Gender And Performative Space In Iran, Leila Rafei

Theses and Dissertations

Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, women have been legally prohibited from singing or playing a musical instrument solo in public. The government has sought to control women’s performative space by using concepts of permissibility and ideological compatibility. In the past decade, however, Iran has seen the birth of an underground music culture, in which women sing and play illegally. Underground and diasporic female musicians have carved new spaces that subvert state regulations on cultural purity and nationalism, deterritorializing and deconstructing notions of national space and culture. Women musicians have thus demonstrated the failure of the state to successfully regulate …


The Tunnel Operations Under The Gaza-Egypt Border In Rafah, Brandy Castanon Apr 2011

The Tunnel Operations Under The Gaza-Egypt Border In Rafah, Brandy Castanon

Theses and Dissertations

The negative ramifications of the creation of nation-states resulting in the assignment of arbitrary borders, walls and international border crossings are most vivid, obvious and ridiculous in the city of Rafah. It is an ancient city with a rich history that was divided by the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty separating Egypt and Palestine. This thesis is concerned with how Rafah operates as a divided border town and the illicit tunnels that are used between Gaza and Egypt. It focuses on Egyptian policies towards the tunnels, how they are implemented by Egyptian border officials and how people experience and are affected …


The Neoliberal Dream Of Segregation: Rethinking Gated Communities In Greater Cairo, A Case Study, Al-Rehab City Gated Community, Safaa Marafi Apr 2011

The Neoliberal Dream Of Segregation: Rethinking Gated Communities In Greater Cairo, A Case Study, Al-Rehab City Gated Community, Safaa Marafi

Theses and Dissertations

New suburbs such as New Cairo received strong support from President Mubarak, the government, elite businessmen, and a group of members of the National Democratic Party, who surrounded the president. I argue in this thesis that urban segregation has existed in Cairo for quite some time. However, since the last decade's adaptation of neoliberal polices by the government, the implementations of these polices have sharpened the dichotomy in the urban fabric, which is crystallized in the support given by the Egyptian government to local and foreign construction companies to build gated communities in the suburbs Cairo. Private security systems and …


Framing Hamas: A Case Study Of U.S. Foreign Policy And Media Coverage, Jessica Hoffman Jan 2010

Framing Hamas: A Case Study Of U.S. Foreign Policy And Media Coverage, Jessica Hoffman

Archived Theses and Dissertations

Officials of the United States government have, at least rhetorically, made peace in the Middle East a priority in every administration for the six decades. However, despite the premium being placed on peace agreements, foreign policy enacted by the United States often seems to be focused on more short-sighted goals, often at the expense of long-term peace. In no case is this truer than with standing policies regarding Hamas. These policies have failed to bring the Palestinians and Israelis any closer to a peace agreement. If policies fail to achieve their stated goals, one must ask why they remain in …


Indomitable Patriarchy, Ambivalent Masculinities? Investigating Men's Gendered Relations In Egypt /, Katherine Pavljuk Feb 2009

Indomitable Patriarchy, Ambivalent Masculinities? Investigating Men's Gendered Relations In Egypt /, Katherine Pavljuk

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Economic Liberalization And Female Labor Force Participation In Egypt: Women Empowerment Or Feminization Trap?, Dahlia Hassanien Feb 2009

Economic Liberalization And Female Labor Force Participation In Egypt: Women Empowerment Or Feminization Trap?, Dahlia Hassanien

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No abstract provided.


Negotiations For The First Land-Based Oil Concession In Qatar, Ivan Rosales-Montes Feb 2009

Negotiations For The First Land-Based Oil Concession In Qatar, Ivan Rosales-Montes

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Women's Political Participation In The Eyes Of The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt And The Jamaat-I-Islami In Pakistan, Dena Rashed Jan 2009

Women's Political Participation In The Eyes Of The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt And The Jamaat-I-Islami In Pakistan, Dena Rashed

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No abstract provided.


The Regional Order In The Middle East Post 9/11: The Iranian Role, Ahmed Shebl Morsy Jan 2009

The Regional Order In The Middle East Post 9/11: The Iranian Role, Ahmed Shebl Morsy

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Large And Small-Scale Fishing In Lake Nasser: Inclusion And Exclusion In A Common Pool Resource, Hadeer Ahmed El Shafie Jun 2008

Large And Small-Scale Fishing In Lake Nasser: Inclusion And Exclusion In A Common Pool Resource, Hadeer Ahmed El Shafie

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Impact Of Fatawa El-Jihad On Users Of Islamonline.Net, Hanaa Ahmed Marie Jun 2008

Impact Of Fatawa El-Jihad On Users Of Islamonline.Net, Hanaa Ahmed Marie

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Gendering Labor Contestation In Egypt, Francesca Mara Ricciardone Jun 2008

Gendering Labor Contestation In Egypt, Francesca Mara Ricciardone

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No abstract provided.


Job Creation In The Gaza Strip During The Second Intifada, Hashim Saud Al Hussaini Feb 2008

Job Creation In The Gaza Strip During The Second Intifada, Hashim Saud Al Hussaini

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Hamas' Maze: Finding The Way Out Of The Crisis, Veronica Aguilar Feb 2008

Hamas' Maze: Finding The Way Out Of The Crisis, Veronica Aguilar

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Role Of Development Nongovernmental Organizations In Empowering Individuals And Communities As A Prerequisite To Social Development In Egypt, Bakry M. Eljack Feb 2008

Role Of Development Nongovernmental Organizations In Empowering Individuals And Communities As A Prerequisite To Social Development In Egypt, Bakry M. Eljack

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The Influences On Moammar Qadhafi`S Foreign Policy Shift To Cooperate With The International Community: Post Gulf War 1991 Until The Present, Heather Dawn Patterson Feb 2008

The Influences On Moammar Qadhafi`S Foreign Policy Shift To Cooperate With The International Community: Post Gulf War 1991 Until The Present, Heather Dawn Patterson

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The Power Of The Box: Legislative Elections Under Authoritarian Rule In Mubarak`S Egypt, 1984-2005, James Harris Sunday Feb 2008

The Power Of The Box: Legislative Elections Under Authoritarian Rule In Mubarak`S Egypt, 1984-2005, James Harris Sunday

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The Farthest Place: The Making And Remaking Of Social Boundaries In Abu Minqar, Joseph John Viscomi Feb 2008

The Farthest Place: The Making And Remaking Of Social Boundaries In Abu Minqar, Joseph John Viscomi

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What Is The Current Status Under International Law Of Israeli Tools To Maintain A Majority Jewish State?, Christian Richmond Feb 2008

What Is The Current Status Under International Law Of Israeli Tools To Maintain A Majority Jewish State?, Christian Richmond

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Complex Emergencies And The Challenge Of Achieving Development In Afghanistan, Mahitab Mohamed Marzouk Jan 2008

Complex Emergencies And The Challenge Of Achieving Development In Afghanistan, Mahitab Mohamed Marzouk

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War In Iraq And Lebanon: Egyptian Public Opinion, Civil Society And Foreign Policy, Anne Silke Czichos Dec 2007

War In Iraq And Lebanon: Egyptian Public Opinion, Civil Society And Foreign Policy, Anne Silke Czichos

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Invoking The Sacred: Journeys Into 'Ashura As Ritual And Art Across Time And Space, Dena Al-Adeeb Dec 2007

Invoking The Sacred: Journeys Into 'Ashura As Ritual And Art Across Time And Space, Dena Al-Adeeb

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A Case For Legal Quotas For Women In The Egyptian Parliament, Hebatallah Saleh El Naggar Jun 2007

A Case For Legal Quotas For Women In The Egyptian Parliament, Hebatallah Saleh El Naggar

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No abstract provided.


The Private Costs Of Free Education In Egypt At The Basic Stage, Sahar Mohamed Hegazi Jun 2007

The Private Costs Of Free Education In Egypt At The Basic Stage, Sahar Mohamed Hegazi

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No abstract provided.


The Construction Of A National Identity In Exile: Palestinians In Egypt, Wael Mohamed Ismail Jun 2007

The Construction Of A National Identity In Exile: Palestinians In Egypt, Wael Mohamed Ismail

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No abstract provided.


Dealing With Hamas: An Analysis Of The Boycott Of Hamas, Stine Lill Loge Jun 2007

Dealing With Hamas: An Analysis Of The Boycott Of Hamas, Stine Lill Loge

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No abstract provided.