https://connectedincairo.com/mark-allen-peterson/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dadjt.jpgDADJThttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/banner.jpgbanner2026-01-21T17:58:52+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/resources/bibliography-of-the-egyptian-uprisings/2021-08-22T19:46:29+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2021/06/04/reading-the-writing-on-the-wall/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/exploring-academic-writing-on-egyptian-street-art.pngExploring academic writing on Egyptian street art2021-07-06T16:57:49+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/12/11/getting-into-grad-school/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/application-letters.pngApplication letters2019-09-24T16:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2019/09/11/special-issue-religious-dynamics-in-post-revolutionary-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/add-a-subheading.pngAdd a subheading2019-09-11T03:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/12/18/the-internet-democracy-have-we-learned-anything/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/connected-in-cairo-headers.pngConnected In Cairo headers2019-05-02T06:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2019/01/29/the-60-minutes-as-sisi-interview-as-media-event/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/untitled-design1.pnguntitled design(1)2019-01-28T07:53:52+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/15/egyptians-as-light-of-blood/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lavachequirit.jpgLaVacheQuiRitFor centuries--maybe longer--Egyptians have been known as humorous. The tradition lives on.2019-01-15T09:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/about/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cic3.jpgCIC2024-10-21T23:47:09+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2018/12/04/changing-its-tune/2018-12-10T11:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/11/21/700-bands-and-2700-tunes/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mideasttunes.jpgMidEastTunes2018-11-29T07:22:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/11/27/hacking-the-homeland-hack/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/untitled-design1.pngUntitled design2018-11-27T08:32:52+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/11/20/reporting-on-egypt-from-china/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/untitled-design.pngUntitled design2018-11-09T13:28:23+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/11/13/is-as-sisi-seeking-legitimization-through-repression/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/egypt-can-fit-us-all-with-all-our-differences-accepting-others-and-creating-common-ground-will-be-important-for-us-in-order-to-create-political-developmente280a6.pngEgypt can fit us all with all our differences. Accepting others and creating common ground will be important for us in order to create political development…2018-11-09T12:39:20+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/11/08/framing-the-revolution-in-chinese/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/greater-china_s-reporting-on-the-role-of-social-media-in-the-arab-uprisings.pngGreater China_s reporting on the role of social media in the Arab Uprisings2018-11-08T13:30:47+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/07/09/anthropology-of-coptic-christianity-since-2012/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/anthropology1.pnganthropology(1)2023-01-11T22:03:45+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/06/04/bibliography-of-the-egyptian-revolution-reaches-1000-texts/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/retro-class-reunion-facebook-event-cover-photo.pngRetro Class Reunion Facebook Event Cover Photo2018-06-05T05:11:25+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/05/19/new-book-chapter-on-mediated-experience-of-the-uprisings/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/517yadafv6l-_sx320_bo1204203200_.jpg517YadAfv6L._SX320_BO1,204,203,200_2018-05-19T04:32:38+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/05/07/diaspora-gender-mediated-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/www-burgundy-com.pngwww.burgundy.com2018-05-05T04:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/04/14/wasta-work-and-corruption-in-transnational-business/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/jobs.jpgjobsWhen does using your social relations in management become "corruption? Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/76608681@N07/6881582783/">Interact Egypt - Play Innovation</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>2018-04-01T09:11:59+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/03/24/guerilla-graffiti-sabotaging-homeland/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/guerilla-graffiti.pngGuerilla 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ABOUT2018-03-05T07:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/03/15/morsi-must-die/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/morsi-must-die.pngMorsi Must Die2018-03-04T17:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/03/12/so-is-there-a-global-occusphere/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/occusphere.pngOCCUSPHERE2018-03-04T17:07:50+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2018/03/08/making-the-enemy-or-not/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/enemy.pngenemy2018-03-04T16:30:52+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2017/12/12/do-instagram-and-flickr-shape-the-art-of-the-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/frame-art.jpgFrame Art2017-12-12T14:51:46+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2017/11/28/why-al-jazeera-america-never-gained-traction/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/al-jazeera-america-tv.pngAl Jazeera America TV2017-11-28T15:18:56+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2017/10/12/visual-anthropology-of-the-egyptian-revolution-and-beyond/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/visual-anthropology-of-the-revolution.pngVisual anthropology of the revolution2017-10-12T19:41:24+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2017/08/25/what-would-a-muslim-brotherhood-state-have-looked-like/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/morsi_supporters.pngMorsi_Supporters2017-09-28T10:47:04+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2017/08/23/bloodshed-liminality-the-ends-of-egypts-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/the-ends-of-revolution.pngThe Ends of Revolution2017-08-28T10:37:54+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2017/06/06/are-the-media-using-the-wrong-yardstick-to-measure-the-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/is-winter.pngIs Winter2017-06-06T17:34:59+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2017/02/16/revolutionary-egypt-book-gets-a-facebook-page/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/revegyptfacebook.pngrevegyptfacebook2017-02-16T16:12:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2017/01/17/egypt-as-securocratic-state/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/securocratic-state.pngsecurocratic-state2017-01-17T13:55:19+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2016/11/26/cleaning-up-cairo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/a-civilized-revolution.pnga-civilized-revolution2016-11-30T15:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2016/11/30/what-did-hosni-mubarak-mean-by-democracy/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/neoliberalism.pngneoliberalism2016-11-30T14:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2016/09/13/twitter-images-of-the-2011-egyptian-revolution-new-journal-article/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/twitter-flag.jpgtwitter-flag2016-11-22T18:06:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2016/10/21/the-egyptian-revolution-hasnt-happened-yet/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/robin-wright1.pngrobin-wright2016-11-22T18:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2016/11/05/the-arab-spring-five-years-after/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/5-years-after.png5-years-after2016-11-22T18:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2016/11/22/creating-participatory-democracy-or-trying-anyway/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/democracy.pngdemocracyhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/anonymous-275868_1920.jpganonymous-275868_19202016-11-22T18:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2016/11/15/bibliography-of-the-egyptian-revolution-updated-3/2016-11-15T15:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2016/08/14/cfp-media-culture/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/arabic-media-culture.pngARABIC MEDIA& CULTURE2016-08-14T17:47:42+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/11/02/urban-space-virtual-space-and-the-media-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tahrir-virtual-space.pngTahrir Virtual Spacehttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tahrir-space.pngTahrir Space2015-11-02T12:13:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/10/22/revolutionary-egypt-book-launch/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/london_middle_east.jpglondon_middle_east2015-10-22T14:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/09/15/when-we-assess-democracy-in-egypt-whose-democracy-are-we-measuring/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bread-freedom-social-justice.jpgbread-freedom-social justice"Bread, freedom, social justice!" What's your definition of democracy?2015-09-15T15:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/09/14/constructing-and-consuming-gender-through-media-call-for-papers/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/constructing.pngConstructing2015-09-14T14:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/09/09/whats-the-hadith-on-facebook/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/no-facebook.jpgNo Facebook2015-09-10T02:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/08/26/theorizing-media-and-conflict/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/theorising-media-and-conflict.pngTheorising Media and Conflict2015-08-26T17:42:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/06/06/did-hosni-mubarak-play-the-us/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hosni-mubarak.pngHosni MubarakWas Hosni Mubarak a savvy politician who played the Bush administration? A new analysis says "yes."2015-08-24T19:24:43+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/08/19/dying-for-the-revolution-special-journal-issue/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/death.pngDEATH2015-08-19T20:37:27+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/08/09/love-and-fear-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/the-old-tear-gas.pngthe old tear gasAutocratic and democratic regimes are pretty much the same, says Joseph Massad in an article in the journal Public Culture. The chief difference is whether they seek to rule by love or fear.2015-08-09T19:52:41+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/08/06/did-social-media-cause-the-egyptian-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/social-media.pngsocial media2016-10-08T12:03:35+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/07/telling-mubarak-jokes/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/la-vache-qui-rit.gifla vache qui rit2015-07-26T11:07:48+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/07/23/martyrs-without-a-cause-egypts-revolutionary-martyrs-as-empty-signifiers/2015-07-26T10:41:24+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/07/21/interview-with-reem-abou-el-fadl-about-revolutionary-egypt/2015-07-21T21:14:43+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/07/03/words-of-witness-captures-the-ambiguity-of-the-egyptian-revolution/2015-07-20T14:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/07/07/thinking-about-liminality-in-tahrir-square/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image.jpgImageI have a chapter on the Egyptian revolution in this new book.2015-07-07T18:53:49+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/10/16/documentary-films-on-the-egyptian-revolution/2015-07-04T18:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/26/continuity-and-change-in-state-media/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn6150.jpgDSCN6150Middle East News Service: How the Egyptian State talks to the Egyptian people.2015-07-04T18:29:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/07/04/international-sociology-of-the-arab-uprisings/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/international-sociology2.pngInternational Sociology2The latest issue of the journal International Sociology features three articles on the Egyptian revolution, as well as other articles on the Arab uprisings generally.2015-08-11T13:40:13+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/05/no-more-kissing-in-egypt-its-not-true/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/kiss.jpgkissWhat does no kissing on TV mean, anyway?2015-07-03T14:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/07/02/torture-is-part-of-state-policy-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kerim_hamdi.jpgKerim_HamdiKarim Hamdy was arrested at his home and turned up dead in a police station less than 72 hours later. This photograph circulated widely on Twitter.2015-07-02T21:10:06+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/04/25/taufiq-ukasha-exploiting-egypts-liminality-for-fun-and-profit/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ukasha.jpgUkashaTawfiq 'Ukasha: Military shill--or something more complex? Walter Armbrust suggests seeing him as a trickster figure at home in the ambiguity of a chaotic, changing society.2015-06-17T23:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/06/18/spreading-alerts-in-egypt-and-elsewhere/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tv.jpgTVIt was easier to get alerts out to a mass audience when there were only three networks and PBS...https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/caution.pngcautionWhen people keep getting warnings but nothing ever happens... they just start ignoring them.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/slideshare_social_media.pngSlideshare_social_mediaSearch on Slideshare and you will find dozens of decks offering a prescription, most of which end with a slide giving contact information for the consulting firm that created them, offering to tailor-make you a solution for your business.2015-06-17T23:05:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/06/09/new-book-on-revolutionary-egypt-has-a-chapter-by-yours-truly/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/revolutionary-egypt.jpgRevolutionary EgyptI have a chapter in this new book on the Egyptian revolution.2015-06-12T16:56:23+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/06/12/foreign-hands-duking-it-out-over-democracy-in-egypt-and-elsewhere/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/foreign-hands.pngforeign handsOf course "foreign hands" seek to influence Egyptian politics. The question is: are they succeeding?2015-06-12T01:28:08+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/06/03/citizenship-versus-denizenship/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/phalanx.pngPhalanxhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/phalanx.jpgphalanx2015-06-03T19:54:21+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/05/29/al-sisi-on-line-egypts-president-on-social-media/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/alsisi_instagram.pngalsisi_instagramhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/alsisi_google.pngalsisi_Google+https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/alsisi_facebook.pngalsisi_facebookhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/alsisi_youtube.pngalsisi_youtubehttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/alsisi_twitter.pngalsisi_twitter2015-08-20T01:37:20+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/05/26/corporate-mortality-and-the-culture-of-failure/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/business_cycle.pngBusiness_cyclehttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/joseph-schumpeter.pngJoseph Schumpeterhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lifespan.pngLifespanhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/firmslive.jpgfirmsliveSizes of some 30,000 companies traded publicly on US markets from 1950-2009, measured by their sales (controlling for inflation and GDP growth). The relatively rapid growth of smaller companies near the beginnings of their lifespans account for the ragged lower portion of the chart, as well as the relatively steep initial sales increases. As companies reach maturity, their sales tend to level off. Credit: Marcus Hamilton and Madeleine Daepp2015-05-26T16:47:27+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/10/22/arabic-women-in-the-news-active-agents-or-passive-subjects/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/arab-women-news-cover.jpgArab-Women-NEWS-coverArabic media are far more likely to represent Arab women as active agents than are Western media, according to this new study.2015-05-26T13:28:55+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/04/25/whatever-happened-to-democratization-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pathways_of_postuprising_states.pngPathways_of_postuprising_states"Pathways of Post-Uprising States" according to Ray Hinnebusch's article in the most recent issue of the journal Democratization.2015-05-07T14:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/05/03/call-for-papers-ten-years-after-the-muhammad-cartoons/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/private-property.pngCARTOONIn September I will be one of the keynote speakers at a conference in Copenhagen on the Muhammad Cartoon Controversy. I hope some of those following this blog will be able to join us.2015-05-03T20:27:27+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/04/26/from-arab-spring-to-arab-winter-special-journal-issue/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/from-arab-spring.pngFrom Arab SpringWhy didn't the 2011 uprisings lead to democratization? That's the question posed by articles in a political science journal. Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/26287008@N05/5423583067/">tolkien1914</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>2015-04-26T10:07:36+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/25/what-happens-when-islamist-parties-gain-power/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/reading-quran.jpgReading QuranWhat kind of government will democratically elected Islamic parties create? Nobody knows yet--including those parties. Photo used by permission of Abdelrahman Mostafa2015-03-15T19:38:24+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/12/mubarak-salafis-and-other-folk-devils-in-egypts-sectarian-violence/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/copt.pngcopt2015-03-09T00:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/03/09/whither-media-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/new-issue.pngNew Issue!The latest issue of Arab media & Society offers five essays on the future of Egyptian media--and it's not very bright.2015-03-09T00:48:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/02/20/news-truth-and-verification-in-egypt-and-the-us/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/peterson_taft.jpgPeterson_TaftAnswering questions after my talk Jan. 29 at the University of Cincinnati, I got onto the topic of truth, culture, and verification.2015-02-22T22:39:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/03/26/how-meme-analysis-can-help-understand-the-egyptian-revolution-not/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/facebook.jpgFacebookhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/replication.jpgreplicationMeme analysis would be really cool--if it worked.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dawkins1.jpgDawkins1Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37996602131@N01/2249569360/">Pip</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dawkins2.jpgDawkins2Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14356287@N00/360449460/">James UK</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>2015-02-20T15:50:43+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/02/25/farha-ghannam-on-masculinity-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/khalid-gida.jpgKhalik GadaMen make their own masculinity, but they do not make it as they please; they make it in social contexts, in dialogue with others, including women, and with the resources provided by their social and cultural circumstances, says Farha Ghannam in her new book, Live and Die Like a Man: Gender Dynamics in Urban Egypt (Stanford, 2014).https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn7583.jpgDSCN75832015-02-13T18:18:54+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/02/07/how-social-media-networked-the-egyptian-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/faris-post.pngFaris Post2015-02-07T11:54:23+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/07/freedom-plaza-in-washington-dc-will-be-our-tahrir-square/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/occupy-ws-graffito.jpgOccupy WS graffitoAre there links between the current protests in the U.S. and Europe and the the Tahrir Square uprisings? There sure are.2015-01-26T02:38:37+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/01/19/until-we-meet-again-the-shahada-in-everyday-speech/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/shahada.pngshahada2015-01-19T14:25:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/01/06/top-ten-posts-of-2015/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2.png22015-01-16T14:49:44+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/01/14/on-not-televising-the-revolution/2015-01-16T14:47:23+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2015/01/16/continuity-and-change-in-revolutionary-north-africa-new-journal-issue/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/continuity-change.pngCONTINUITY & CHANGE2015-01-16T14:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/12/19/freedom-technologists-and-protest-formulas-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/f3mp-e28692-f3mn2pr.pngF3Mp → F3MN2PRWhat can formulaic expression tell us about media and social change? To study technology users rather than technologies, says John Postill in a recent article.2015-01-15T11:11:42+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/12/30/2014-in-review/2014-12-30T02:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/01/24/aliaas-naked-body-what-did-it-matter-anyway/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alia-parody4.jpgalia-parody4Here Aliaa is interpelated into a tryptich that invokes the widely circulated "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" but uses a yellow "censored bar" and replaces the covering of the ears with the covering of the genitals.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alia-parody3.pngalia-parody3Aliaa is "nominated" for Miss Egypt in this mock poster.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alia-parody2.jpgalia-parody2In this piece, a stencil of part of Aliaa's body is presented, with a political message neatly covering the genitalia. Note how the artist uses red highlights, mimicking the way Aliaa herself produced black-and-white images with only red items in color.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alai-parody1.jpgalai-parody1This photo is part of a protest series created by Aliaa after she sought asylum in Sweden. The parodist has replaced Aliaa's face with that of President Morsi, who is the target of the protest.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/aliaa-magda-elmahdy.jpgAliaa-Magda-ElmahdyCan the debate over Aliaa's naked body reveal "the reconfiguration of political dissent—its forms, channels, and actors—and the tensions around national identity that animate the contemporary Arab public sphere"? A new article says yes.2014-12-12T14:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/02/01/the-wikileaks-theory-debunked/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/truthwillout.jpgtruthwilloutBut will it make a difference when it does? Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/45905616@N03/4931974239/">R_SH</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a> 2014-12-12T14:53:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/07/27/power-agency-resistance-in-egypt-and-elsewhere/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/protest.jpgprotest2014-12-12T14:20:43+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/08/09/israel-and-the-arab-spring/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/133435186_82ca59ddc4_o.jpg133435186_82ca59ddc4_oThanks to the Egyptian revolution the Sinai is once again becoming a central security issue between Egypt and Israel as militant activity in the region grows, according to Yeehudit Ronin. Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg. Creative commons use.2014-12-12T14:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/08/30/globally-youth-ict-protest/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mona-cairo_female_protesters_with_colorful_signs_-_1feb2011.jpgMona-Cairo_female_protesters_with_colorful_signs_-_1FEB2011Can you take the people out of the equation? A new article does just that but comes to similar conclusions with quantitative data as those of us who work directly with qualitative data (i.e. people). Photo by Monasosh2014-12-12T14:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/11/04/6753/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/arab-spring-book.jpgArab Spring BookWas the "Arab Spring" truly revolutionary? That's a question posed in this slim new book out from Berghahn Books.2014-12-12T14:06:53+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/12/07/the-muslim-brotherhood-on-line-in-english/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ikhwanweb.pngIkhwanwebIkhwanweb, says Soumia Bhadran, was a rhetorical tool through which the Muslim Brotherhood addressed Western audiences. The message has changed, but the desire to address Western audiences in English remains important.2014-12-12T13:14:28+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/07/09/explaining-why-the-journalists-were-put-down-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/secretary_kerry_meets_with_egyptian_defense_minister_al-sisi.jpgSecretary_Kerry_Meets_With_Egyptian_Defense_Minister_al-SisiDid Secretary Kerry fail to use US capital with Egypt in trying to free the Al-Jazeera journalists? Or is there very little capital to spend?2014-10-24T17:31:34+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/10/02/is-as-sisi-rebuilding-mubaraks-pyramid/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/toshka_syphon_construction_site.jpgToshka_syphon_construction_siteConstruction of the syphon that delivers water from the "New Valley" project under the Toshka spillway. Widely recognized as a debacle, the project is one of several issues involving farmers in a new essay.2014-10-08T02:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/10/04/being-connected-class-and-cosmopolitanism-in-cairo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cirs.jpgCIRSI was talking about digital media in Egypt at the Center for International and Regional Studies is located in the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatarhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dscn2328.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-10-04T02:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/09/24/the-power-of-being-powerless-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/child-on-tank-hossam.jpgchild on tank-HossamAs the regimes commitment to neoliberalism creates more and more powerless people, their collective power increases, argues a recent article. Photo: Hossam al-Hamalawy. Creative commons.2014-09-24T10:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/09/10/book-on-egypts-security-state-plus-wins-award/2014-09-16T17:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/09/16/in-mubaraks-egypt-it-was-the-economy-stupid/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/poverty.jpgPovertyIt was the failure of the Mubarak regime to alleviate poverty and deliver prosperity that led to the uprisings--not its authoritarianism, claims a recent article. Photo: Sophie Peterson.2014-09-16T17:04:13+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/05/on-egyptian-music-since-the-uprising/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/chipsynew.pngchipsynewThe new Chipsy logohttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/chipsy.jpgChipsyThe original Chipsy producthttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/day_of_anger_marchers_in_street1.jpgDay_of_Anger_marchers_in_streetThe uprisings ushered in a revolution in music as well as politicshttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/day_of_anger_marchers_in_street.jpgDay_of_Anger_marchers_in_streetThe uprisings ushered in a revolution in music as well as politics2014-08-27T14:25:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/08/21/can-social-media-save-egypts-heritage-sites/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/egypts_heritage_task_force.pngEgypt's_Heritage_Task_ForceScholars like Monica Hanna are trying to save Egypt's heritage through social media.2014-08-21T14:29:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/11/01/women-and-media-in-the-middle-east/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/woman-at-terminal.jpgWoman at terminalhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/meena-sharmas-stationery-store-and-intnl-business-center.jpgMeena Sharma's stationery store and intn'l business centerDoes media empower women against hegemony or reinforce hegemonic representations? A new collection of papers looks at this question in many different venues.2014-08-13T17:45:49+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/11/07/egypts-morsi-is-guilty-of-something-even-if-its-not-what-hes-charged-with/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/morsi-jonathan-rashad-cc.jpgMorsiMohammed Morsi. Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32623295@N02/7480995426/">Jonathan Rashad</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>2014-08-13T17:42:42+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/06/10/how-is-the-egyptian-revolution-framed-in-the-iranian-press/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iran.jpgIranSource: Carnegie Endowment for World Peace.2014-08-09T19:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/07/31/pope-tawadros-on-the-future-of-the-church-in-the-new-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tawadrosfrancesco-1406803973.jpgtawadrosfrancesco-1406803973Pope Tawadros visited Pope Francis in May of this year.2014-07-31T16:37:45+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/07/06/japanese-popular-culture-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cultural-flows.pngCultural Flowshttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/banner.pngBanner2014-07-23T10:52:28+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/07/04/is-the-egyptian-establishment-parodying-itself/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/protesters_with_poster_of_ousted_president_morsi_in_maadi-cairo_20-sep-2013.jpgProtesters_with_poster_of_ousted_President_Morsi_in_Maadi-Cairo_20-Sep-2013How do supporters of the ousted President Mohammed Morsi carry on their sinister conspiracy to undermine the Egyptian nation? Could it be through secret messages encoded in advertisements starring a yarn-haired puppet? Probably not--but how can we know for sure...?https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/abla-fahita-post2.pngAbla Fahita Post22014-07-05T11:32:38+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/07/04/happy-in-iraq/2014-07-04T20:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/02/07/happy-in-the-maghreb-who-scores-on-the-pharrell-williams-index/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pharrell-williams-happy-despicable-me-2.jpgpharrell-williams-happy-despicable-me-2Tunisia and Egypt are not excluded from the global wave of "Happy" videos.2014-07-04T20:19:52+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/06/11/imagining-the-egyptian-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hamalawy-cc.jpgHamalawy ccThree articles in the journal Postcolonial Studies ponder the revolutionary imagination. Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/87153545@N00/5414313230/">Hossam el-Hamalawy حسام الحملاوي</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>2014-06-11T14:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/04/11/egyptian-bibliography-updated/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/books.jpgBooksPhoto Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/46176132@N04/4474451143/">risaikeda</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>2014-04-11T10:07:20+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/03/31/general-as-sisi-announces-his-bid-for-president-of-egypt-full-text/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/al-sisi-mural.jpgAl-Sisi MuralPhoto Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40936370@N00/9328662546/">Abode of Chaos</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>2015-12-09T22:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/03/19/al-jazeera-and-citizen-journalism/2014-03-31T16:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/glossary/2014-03-30T16:55:56+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2014/03/30/revolutionary-feminism-iin-north-africa-a-journal-looks-at-women-gender-and-the-arab-spring/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/feminist-grafitti_gigi_ibrahim_cc.jpgfeminist grafitti_Gigi_Ibrahim_ccRevolutionary feminism, freed from its ties to the state, offers a purer feminist agenda--but is it any more effective? Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50037840@N02/6428291979/">Gigi Ibrahim</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>2014-03-30T16:27:18+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/03/13/musings-on-media-ecologies-in-the-middle-east/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tv-graffito.jpgtv graffitoPhoto Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50037840@N02/6745490219/">Gigi Ibrahim</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/495.jpg495Media ecologies involve the web of relations between media forms, infrastructures, social practices and cultural beliefs about media.2014-03-13T00:14:10+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/08/13/more-on-social-media-and-the-egyptian-uprising-special-journal-issue/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wpcc.pngWPCC2014-03-09T02:09:23+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/03/09/even-arab-media-trapped-by-anti-muslim-frames/2014-03-09T02:02:37+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/03/04/article-analyzes-on-line-discourse-about-lara-logans-sexual-assault/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lara-logan.jpgLara LoganPeople used blogs and other on-line spaces to critically contest news accounts of Lara Logan's rape, according to a new article in Feminist media Studies journal. Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8129908@N05/5680428076/">k-ideas</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>2014-04-05T01:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/02/18/learning-about-political-change-from-pious-egyptian-women/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/women.jpg???????????????????????????????Can an understanding of the agency of pious Muslim women teach us lessons about political change generally? Leslie Lewis thinks so.2014-02-17T23:55:06+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/02/03/bread-freedom-and-social-justice-in-a-sufi-khidma/2014-02-03T19:19:41+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/01/11/castells-on-the-egyptian-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/network-society.jpgNetwork SocietyPhoto Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23295177@N07/3651578802/">Porter Novelli Global</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">cc</a>2014-02-03T03:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/02/03/three-ways-activists-in-egypt-use-social-media/2014-02-02T22:40:55+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/01/19/award-winning-documentary-on-egyptian-revolution-available-on-netflix/2014-01-19T12:07:38+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/01/17/what-four-photos-can-tell-us-about-the-egyptian-referendum/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shaheen-and-the-sheykh.jpgshaheen-and-the-sheykhThis widely circulated image juxtaposing actress Ilham Shaheen with a salafi Sheykh is a fake--but that's all the more reason for analyzing it.2014-01-17T15:56:46+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/01/05/the-ironies-of-opposition-why-regimes-tolerate-resistance-up-to-a-point/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/kifaya.jpgKifayaOpposition movements like Kifaya can, paradoxically, work to ensure a regime's stability, according to a new book.Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23280975@N04/4179981638/">Sarah Carr</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a> 2015-02-13T15:33:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/01/16/what-does-the-egyptian-referendum-mean-a-quick-editorial-roundup/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/as-sisi-referendum.jpgAs-Sisi ReferendumIs this a referendum on a new constitution or on the presidential bid of General As-Sisi? Or are they the same thing? Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12608598@N02/9369756933/">sierragoddess</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">cc</a> 2014-01-16T01:17:59+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/01/14/egypt-its-jan-14-do-you-know-where-your-voters-are/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/referendum.jpgReferendumIt's referendum time again in Egypt as the unfolding revolution enters its next stage. Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/96884693@N00/8297706205/">Kodak Agfa</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a> 2014-01-14T18:03:53+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/01/09/new-article-on-new-media-in-the-arab-spring/2014-01-09T15:35:19+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/whos-who/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/umm-kulthoum.jpgUmm KulthumUmm Kulthumhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/amr_hamzawy1.jpgAmr_HamzawyAmr Hamzawyhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/basma1.jpgBasmaBasmahttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/israa-abdel-fatah1.jpgIsraa abdel fattahIsraa Abdel Fattahhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/israa-abdel-fatah.jpgisraa abdel fatahIsraa Abdel Fattahhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wael-abbas.jpgWael AbbasWael Abbas2015-06-17T13:02:18+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-revolution/pro-israeli-policies/2014-01-05T11:06:01+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2014/01/03/dark-ironies-of-the-egyptian-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/soldiers.jpgsoldiersThe interim government's New Year's message: Don't protest against the government without its permission, don't resist the security forces who attack you, and don't report news about any of that stuff, and we'll get along just fine. Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32623295@N02/7014603051/">Jonathan Rashad</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a> 2014-01-03T14:02:04+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2014/01/01/top-blog-posts-of-2013/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/happynewyear.jpgHappyNewYearHoping for Egypt a new year of peace, prosperity, and progress. Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44540282@N03/4244199061/">Earnst Brinkhuis</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>2014-01-01T15:34:28+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/12/25/the-importance-of-wikileaks-in-the-egyptian-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/image.jpgimagePhoto Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/51417146@N00/5263622865/">Iwona Wisniewska</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>2013-12-25T18:41:35+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/12/22/fixing-the-ashwaiyyat/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/slum-dwellers.jpg'AishwaiyyatThis photo is by another former AUC student. Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/87153545@N00/235888911/">Hossam el-Hamalawy حسام الحملاوي</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>2013-12-22T14:10:29+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/12/22/understanding-the-egyptian-revolution-as-process/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/facebook.jpgFacebook"Digital divides" scarcely begins to cover the complex intersections of class, and other social categorizations with media practices. Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/76608681@N07/7029060335/">Interact Egypt - Play Innovation</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>2013-12-22T00:05:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/whats-what/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/568.jpg568https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn62791.jpgDSCN6279A taxi driver reading Al-Shuruqhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn6279.jpgDSCN6279A taxi driver reading Al-Shuruqhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ertu1.jpgERTUThe Maspero Building has been the site of ERTU since its founding in 1960.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ertu.jpgERTUThe Maspero Building has housed ERTU since it was established in 1960.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn6582.jpgDSCN6582St. Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria is the official seat of the Coptic church.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/3221.jpg322The Al-Ahram Buildinghttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/322.jpg322The Al-Ahram Building2013-12-21T12:40:05+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2013/06/19/the-egyptian-news-media-in-transition/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/journalists-syndicate.jpgJournalists Syndicate2013-12-19T16:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/12/03/new-review-of-connected-in-cairo-3/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/starrett-review.jpgStarrett Review2013-12-19T15:50:54+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/12/19/a-quick-and-dirty-account-of-media-in-the-egyptian-uprising/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/revolution.jpgRevolutionPhoto Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54117856@N08/5410375058/">AhmadHammoud</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>2013-12-19T03:00:58+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/12/04/wikipedia-textual-impermanence-and-me-and-egypts-media-ecology/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wikipedia2.pngwikipedia2https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wikipedia.pngWIKIPEDIA2013-12-04T16:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/11/10/overdressed-and-underexposed-or-underdressed-and-overexposed/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/over-under-dressed.pngover-under-dressedWomen who have been judged to be wearing too much are called to undress as they are seen as interfering with the rights of others, while women judged to be wearing too little are urged to clothe themselves to avoid being seen as inviting sexual assault, points out Lori Beaman.2013-11-11T18:30:35+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/11/05/bassem-youssef-and-the-future-of-public-discourse-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sissi-cupcakes.jpgChocolates decorated with portraits of Egypt's armed forces chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are displayed at Bahira Galal's shop in CairoWill Bassem Yussef be silenced for making fun of sweets featuring the Field Marshal's face? Photo alarabiya.net2014-02-09T12:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/10/10/four-easy-pieces-on-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/domes.jpgDOMES2013-11-02T18:32:47+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/11/02/in-spongebob-we-trust/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/in-sponge-we-trust.jpgIn Sponge We Trust2013-11-02T11:43:45+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/10/19/how-long-oh-egyptians-will-this-revolution-go-on/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/6767652131_c9d85b856a_o.jpg6767652131_c9d85b856a_ohttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/6296875514_4ae1effe3c_o.jpg??????????????????????2013-10-22T00:24:46+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/07/31/highlighting-connected-in-cairo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/social_kindling.pngSocial_Kindling2013-10-22T00:15:02+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/10/03/bibliography-of-the-egyptian-revolution-updated-2/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/books-and-papers.jpgBooks and PapersPhoto Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01/176219371/">Thomas Hawk</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>2013-10-03T20:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/09/09/terrorist-mb-responsible-for-911-asserts-us-congresswoman-bachmann/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bachmann_egypt.jpgbachmann_egyptMichelle Bachmann explains to Egyptians how the Muslim Brotherhood was responsible for 9/11.2013-09-09T14:41:01+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/08/29/the-us-and-the-muslim-brotherhood/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/image.jpgMorsi rally"Why did the US put the Muslim Brotherhood in power?"many Egyptians ask. For most Americans the question doesn't even make sense.2013-09-03T17:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/08/28/on-the-theft-of-egyptian-artifacts/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/this_morning.pngThis_morning2013-08-28T15:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/08/22/cut-aid-to-egypt-and-us-workers-lose-jobs/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/5399124878_25e28b5a27_b.jpg5399124878_25e28b5a27_bPhoto Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30716759@N04/5399124878/">freestylee</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>2013-08-22T11:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/08/12/cameras-and-conflict-in-contemporary-cairo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/camera.jpgCameraPhoto Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/94588149@N00/4937434696/">modenadude</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>2013-08-12T16:07:50+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/07/25/in-egypt-coup-and-revolution-are-not-mutually-contradictory-terms/2013-07-25T19:44:55+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/07/14/ousting-the-brotherhood-take-that-america/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/anti-morsy-rouchdy.jpganti-Morsy-RouchdyWhat happens when the US and Egyptians differ on the meaning of "democratically elected"? Photo by Malak Rouchdy2013-07-16T13:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/06/19/5706/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/heba-elsayed-review.pngHeba Elsayed Review2013-06-27T16:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/06/17/cairos-comix-store/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/kryptonite.pngkryptonite2013-06-17T01:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/06/14/egypt-in-transition-special-issue-of-social-research/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/egyptcover-social-research.jpgEgyptCover social research2013-06-14T18:58:02+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/06/03/media-geographies-in-the-middle-east-journal-special-issue/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/boys-grafitti.jpgSONY DSCPhoto Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/96884693@N00/8208878472/">Kodak Agfa</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>2013-06-03T00:05:41+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/05/28/two-new-papers-on-liminality-in-the-egyptian-revolution-in-the-works/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jan252012.jpgJan2520122013-05-28T14:01:01+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/04/25/new-egyptian-comic-magazine-includes-anti-harassment-superhero/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscn0276.jpgDSCN0276A toktok, for those who don't know, is an autorickshaw, a three-wheeled car originating in South Asia but spreading throughout the global south.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/toktok.jpgtoktok2013-04-25T14:47:37+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/04/17/performing-revolution-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/alexander-chart.pngAlexander chart2013-04-17T15:31:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/04/13/new-review-of-connected-in-cairo-2/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/review3.jpgDe Koning Review2013-04-13T13:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/04/12/is-muslim-to-england-as-coptic-is-to-egypt/2013-04-12T15:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/23/sex-politics-and-social-drama-in-the-new-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/basma.jpgCINEMA: TAORMINA FILM FESTBasma Hassanhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/amr_hamzawy.jpgAmr_HamzawyAmr Hamzawy2022-06-08T11:48:10+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/04/10/writing-ethnography-in-post-mubarak-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/crane-egypt1.jpgCrane-Egypt12013-04-26T20:52:54+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/03/21/masculinities-in-egypt-and-the-arab-world/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/365.jpg365"Khalik gaada," Arab boys are told again and again growing up. "Be a man!" But what does masculinity mean in the contemporary Middle East?2013-04-04T10:25:50+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/04/02/new-review-of-connected-in-cairo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/gilman-review.pngGilman Review2013-04-03T16:16:39+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/04/01/sexual-politics-blog-post-updated/2013-05-28T10:35:22+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/01/07/rethinking-sexual-politics-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pensive-ladies-sap.jpgPensive Ladies-SAPCan we represent Egyptian women without falling into academic stereotypes? Paul Amer may be showing us the way. Photo: Sophie Peterson.2013-04-16T16:07:08+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/03/10/understanding-the-music-of-revolt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mahragan.jpgMahraganAlthough Western journalists love to remake the Arab world in a Euro-American image, in Cairo, the rising music of the underclass is mahragan ("festival") music, not rap, writes Ted Swedenburg.2015-03-29T21:45:55+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/04/01/political-humor-in-egyptian-popular-music/2013-04-01T10:40:41+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/03/31/bibliography-of-the-egyptian-revolution-updated/2013-03-31T10:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/01/30/editor-copts-hope-for-strong-liberal-presence-in-parliament/2013-03-03T18:22:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/02/21/whatever-happened-to-egypts-popular-committees/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2960967690_0b203596e9_b.jpg2960967690_0b203596e9_bIn the absence of security forces during the uprisings, citizens took it on themselves to manage the essential affairs once the responsibility of the state. Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31216636@N00/2960967690/">Daveness_98</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a> 2013-02-21T01:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/02/19/the-struggle-for-the-walls-of-cairo/2013-02-19T11:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/02/17/anti-hegemony-in-contemporary-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/8264578070_70676653d5_o.jpg8264578070_70676653d5_oPhoto Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32623295@N02/8264578070/">Jonathan Rashad</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>2013-02-17T21:08:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/02/17/the-egyptian-uprising-two-years-on-open-access-articles/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/265_cover_0.jpg265_cover_0A special issue of MERIP on the Egyptian revolution includes four open-access articleshttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/winegar4.jpgwinegar4Mural of the martyr Jika in downtown Cairo. Photo: Jessica Winegar. 2013-02-17T20:56:57+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/19/new-civilities-in-the-egyptian-uprising/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/egypt-protesters-007.jpgEgypt-protesters-007Unlike earlier protests, which were about economic issues, particularly changes in food subsidies, the current uprisings were about restoring civil dignity argues Salwa Ismail.2013-02-08T11:33:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/02/01/human-rights-and-the-elections-in-egypt-live-on-facebook/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hrf.jpgHRF2013-02-01T18:43:17+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/04/in-egypt-the-official-death-toll-from-the-uprisings-is-840/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/martyr_display.jpgmartyr_displayPictures of Egyptian anti-government protesters killed during clashes with police and pro-government forces are displayed during a candlelight vigil at Cairo's Tahrir Square on February 9, 2011. This is an AFP phot to which I have absolutely no rights. I will remove it if they ask me.2013-01-29T11:27:50+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/19/symbols-of-blood-sacrifice-in-the-egyptian-uprising/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tahrir11.jpgtahrir1Abdelrahman Mustafahttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tahrir1.jpgtahrir1Photo by Abdelrahman Mustafa2013-01-29T11:27:18+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/07/03/lessons-from-egypts-june-29th-violence/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/29june.jpg29JuneChristian Science Monitor photograph2013-01-29T11:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/11/18/anthropologists-thinking-about-life-and-death-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/martyrs.jpgMartyrsWhat makes death meaningful? What kind of social action is martyrdom? Are martyrs made or do they choose their death? And dos it matter? These are some of the questions considered by anthropologists at their meeting in San francisco.2013-01-29T11:19:55+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/17/understanding-egypts-emerging-martyr-pop/2013-01-29T11:19:21+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/01/28/did-the-muslim-brotherhood-take-money-from-obama-the-egyptian-judiciary-wants-to-know/2013-01-28T17:31:29+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/12/4906/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/23-july-2012.jpg23 July 20122013-01-27T23:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/01/21/beyond-the-art-of-revolt-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/textile-museum.jpgTextile MuseumThe Egyptian Textiles Museum is one of the 550 state-run “culture palaces” run by the Ministry of Culture. Some are gorgeous, others underfunded and mismanaged; most fall somewhere in between. What will the new Egyptian government do with them all?2013-01-21T15:44:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/01/12/revolutionary-art-in-the-streets-and-in-the-galleries/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/paints.jpgpaintsNancy Demerdash's new article on art and art markets after the Arab uprisings is available free on-line as either a pdf or a slide show.2013-01-16T19:39:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/17/reforming-graduate-education-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mansoura_university.jpgMansoura_UniversityRanked third in the nation, Mansoura University was founded in 1972. With 30 percent of Egyptians going to college, but only half graduating, and only half of graduates finding jobs, educational reforms are one of the burning issues facing the new government.2013-01-03T19:25:06+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2013/01/01/top-posts-of-2012/2013-01-01T03:16:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/12/24/bipolar-unease-arab-travelers-construct-uneasy-identities-in-europe/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tube-chat.jpgUndergrounf Chat"Who am I, who am British in Egypt, but Egyptian in London?" one of my students once wrote in a class journal. Perhaps she is a startegic ?? or nomad, says ??. Photo by Gerardo Amechazurro. Used under Creative Commons license.2013-01-16T14:21:45+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/12/31/2012-in-review/2012-12-31T05:27:47+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/july-timeline/2012-12-26T14:01:38+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2012/12/13/what-does-the-emergence-of-arab-women-bloggers-mean-for-the-public-sphere/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/woman-blogger.jpgArab woman bloggerNew sociotechnical practices do not simply “arrive” but must be implemented through forms of state-society bargaining2012-12-15T21:47:56+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/12/11/new-review-of-connected-in-cairo-by-joel-gordon/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/gordon-review.jpgGordon ReviewIt's a very teachable book, writes Joel Gordon, but he'd like to see more of the middle classes who challenge elite assumptions.2012-12-11T16:02:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/11/22/anthropology-of-egypt-stuff-i-missed-at-the-anthropology-meetings/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/aaa.jpgAAASo many papers, so little time2012-12-09T04:05:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/12/05/can-egyptian-women-have-both-civil-rights-and-political-freedom/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/gender11.jpggender1What kind of laws and regulations governing women's action will be enacted by a new, more populist Egyptian government?2012-12-05T21:00:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/12/04/participatory-media-among-palestinian-youth/2012-12-04T14:27:41+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/11/24/five-anthropological-approaches-to-the-arab-revolts-that-excite-students/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/teachingarabrevoltsweb.jpgteachingarabrevoltswebThe web site Jadaliyya has a pedagogy section that also offers many suggestions for texts, films and approaches to the topic.2012-11-29T21:42:36+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/11/29/the-pulse-of-the-egyptian-revolution-new-journal-issue/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25jan2012c.jpg25Jan2012cHow has the Egyptian revolution affected efforts at economic and human rights development? A new journal article offers multiple viewpoints.2012-11-29T21:40:53+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/11/27/does-middle-eastern-media-study-need-its-own-paradigm/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mr4.jpgmr4Do the different media environments and contexts of the Middle East require a different set of approaches media studies of the region? Photo: Malek Rouchdy. Used by permission.2012-11-28T04:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/11/18/brown-library-guide-to-arab-revolution-resources/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/brownguide.jpgBrownguidehttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/martyrs1.jpgMartyrs2012-11-22T11:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/20/on-line-library-research-guides-for-the-arab-uprisings/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dukeu.jpgDukeUhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/utex.jpgUTex2012-11-18T15:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/09/25/new-review-of-connected-in-cairo-in-middle-east-journal/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ghannam-review.jpgGhannam Review2012-11-18T12:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/22/reflecting-on-relations-between-the-arab-uprisings-and-occupy-movement/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tax-justice-newsletter.jpgTax Justice Newsletter2012-11-08T03:50:57+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/references/2012-10-27T22:05:05+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2012/03/20/is-social-media-revolutionizing-politics-advice-for-those-trying-to-find-out/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/social-media-revolution.jpgSocial-Media-RevolutionThe public debate over whether social media is "revolutionizing" political action is actually interfering with getting solid scholarly accounts of where and how social media is transforming political contexts.2012-10-27T21:24:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/10/25/theorizing-the-revolution-stammering-articles-from-soas-and-fellow-travelers/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/middle-east-jnl-culture-communication.pngMiddle East Jnl Culture & Communication2012-10-25T16:33:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/10/12/law-and-development-in-post-revolutionary-egypt/2012-10-12T14:28:22+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/10/04/muslim-christian-relations-after-the-arab-spring-disappointing-special-journal-issue/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/coptic-protest.jpgCoptic ProtestA special issue of an interdisciplinary journal looks at the rising tensions between Muslims and Christians in the wake of the Arab revolts but, alas, provides few new insights.2012-10-04T15:52:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/01/hip-deep-in-egyptian-music-an-afropop-series/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/egyptian-soundscape.jpgEgyptian soundscape2012-10-03T10:45:38+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/09/new-web-documentary-the-music-of-tahrir/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/songs-of-tahrir-square.jpgSongs of Tahrir Square2012-10-03T10:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/20/further-satire-in-egypts-public-sphere-el-koshary-today-is-egypts-answer-to-the-onion/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/elkoshary.jpgElkoshary2012-09-28T14:08:29+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/09/24/new-book-more-political-scientists-weigh-in/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tschirgi-book.jpgTschirgi book2012-09-24T20:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/30/the-mystery-of-omar-suleiman/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/the-man-behind-omar-suleiman1.jpgThe Man Behind Omar SuleimanNow here's a meme for you.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/the-man-behind-omar-suleiman.jpgThe Man Behind Omar SuleimanWho knows the answers to the many questions Al-Masryoon has about Omar Suleiman's death? Perhaps...the man behind Omar Suleiman!2017-11-24T01:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/09/19/men-behaving-badly/2012-09-19T19:14:48+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/january-2012/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/25jan2012.jpg25Jan2012https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/new-year-in-tahrir.jpgNew Year in TahrirEgyptian Coptic Christians and Muslims ushered in the New Year with a candlelight vigil for the people who were killed during the revolution at Tahrir Square. Photo: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh2012-09-19T19:03:30+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/04/news-parody-and-social-media-the-rise-of-egypts-fifth-estate/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/news-parody-talk.jpgNews Parody Talkhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/by1.jpgBYhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/by.jpgbyBassem Youssef's El Bernameg was the main focus of the paper on news parody I gave this week at the International Studies Association meetings in San Francisco.2012-09-19T16:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/09/12/reimagining-time-and-space-in-tahrir-square/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tahrir_square_02-06-12.jpgtahrir_square_02-06-12Tahrir Square was a "time out of time" and a place that has become a symbol with multiple layers of reference. What language can we use to talk about this?2012-09-12T13:05:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/09/08/creating-social-change-through-digital-media-ii-earl-and-kimports-digitally-enabled-social-change/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/digitally-enabled-social-change-earl-jennifer-9780262015103.jpgDigitally-Enabled-Social-Change-Earl-Jennifer-97802620151032015-01-25T19:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/09/08/me-assange-and-the-arab-revolutions/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/julian-assange1.jpgjulian-assangeDid Julian Assange and Wikileaks inspire the Tunisian revolution and thus contribute to the Arab Spring? I don't know, and I'm not sure my work speaks to this question. Picture by Age of Chaos. Used under Creative Commons license.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/julian-assange.jpg102966298PM001_JULIAN_ASSAN2012-09-08T01:01:22+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/09/07/new-article-changing-political-participation-by-youths-in-egypt/2012-09-07T01:45:23+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/23/what-hath-president-morsi-wrought/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/zeinab-mohammed-foto-of-morsi-supporters.jpgSONY DSCMohamed Morsi supporters celebrate his initial victory in the Egyptian presidential elections in Tahrir square. Photo by Zeinab Mohammed. Used under Creative Commons license. 2012-09-05T19:54:47+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/09/02/why-inside-out-cities-produce-street-politics/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/370.jpg370Out in the street, says Asef Bayat, a public sphere forms and politics happens apart from the elites and middle-classes who run the formal political apparatuses of the state.2012-09-05T19:51:04+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/31/anthropologists-on-copts/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn6838.jpgDSCN6838A tower at St. Catherine's monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt. This is possibly the oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery in the world.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscn6792.jpgDSCN6792The relics of monks in the catacombs of St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt, possibly the oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery in the world.2012-08-31T19:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/30/reflecting-on-the-muslim-brotherhoods-place-in-post-revolutionary-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0197.jpg0197https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscn5844.jpgDSCN5844What will a Muslim Brotherhood dominated Egypt look like? Don't expect sudden dramatic change, writes Nathan Brown. Photo: Sophie Peterson.2012-08-30T14:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/30/where-do-you-find-civil-society-in-egypt-and-elsewhere/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/jan252012.jpgJan252012So is this civil society? Or something else? And if so, what?2012-08-30T13:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/27/can-laughter-change-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/292.jpg292Egyptians have always enjoyed a good jokehttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/assessment.gifassessment2012-08-28T13:31:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/28/laugh-o-revolution/2012-08-28T10:46:10+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/26/is-it-still-a-crime-to-insult-the-egyptian-president-should-it-be/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/al-dostour2.jpgal-dostour2Al-Dostour is one of a growing number of news media under the gun for "insulting the president."2012-08-26T03:27:37+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/21/locating-the-boundaries-of-free-speech-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/akasha1.jpgakashaTawfiq Akasha, whose show was canceled by Egyptian authorities. Of course it's censorship--the question is, is it legitimate censorship? As the courts determine the answer to that question, they will continue to frame the boundaries of what will constitute free speech in the new Egypt.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/akasha.jpgakashaTawfiq Akasha, whose show was canceled by Egyptian authorities. Of course it's censorship--the question is, is it legitimate censorship? As the courts determine the answer to that question, they will continue to frame the boundaries of what will constitute free speech in the new Egypt.2012-08-21T14:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/16/egypts-economic-crisis-thirty-years-of-fiscal-mismanagement/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/autumn-book.jpgAutumn book2012-08-16T13:58:50+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/15/4918/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/spotlight.jpgSpotlight2012-08-15T14:45:45+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/04/review-of-goodbye-mubarak/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/goodbye-mubarak.jpggoodbye mubarak2012-08-03T23:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/02/review-of-connected-in-cairo-in-arab-studies-journal/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pict0083.jpgCamera"Participant observation being the messy kind of data gathering practice it is, I don't really select my informants. I am a guest in their world (albeit a working guest) and it is my hosts who select me." 2012-08-02T18:26:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/08/01/bassem-youssef-on-the-daily-show/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bassemyussef2.jpgBassemYussef2https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bassemyussef11.jpgBassemYussef1https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bassemyussef1.jpgBassemYussef12012-08-01T17:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/28/ouch-did-i-say-that/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fadelquote.jpgfadelquote2012-07-28T12:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/25/monatov-funny-but-short-lived-political-satire-in-egypt/2014-01-06T12:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/24/new-article-ultras-as-social-nonmovement-in-egypt/2012-07-24T01:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/13/new-book-civil-society-and-women-activists-in-the-middle-east/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/civil-society-and-women-activists.jpgCivil-Society-and-Women-ActivistsA new book by Wendy Krause makes a case for the importance of women in civil society in Middle Eastern politics, especially in Egypt.2012-07-22T19:49:18+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/21/creating-social-change-through-digital-media-i-gillmors-mediactive/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mediactive.jpgMediactive2012-07-22T14:35:13+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/24/talking-about-liminality-in-oxford/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/oxford-conference.jpgOxford ConferenceCan you find me amid all the other brilliant people in this picture? 2012-07-20T10:15:02+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/19/new-article-the-rise-of-egypts-workers/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/egyptlabor.jpgEgyptLaborJoel Beinin argues that Egyptian labor still has a major role to play in the evolution of the Egyptian state after Mubarak.2012-07-19T15:31:21+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/19/establishing-my-political-science-bona-fides/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/the-sage-handbook-of-political-communication.jpgthe-sage-handbook-of-political-communication2012-07-19T14:31:29+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/18/a-cyberskeptics-handbook/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/net-delusion.jpgnet delusionAlthough it does not address the Egyptian uprisings directly, this book offers cautionary tales and correctives for those with a tendency to ascribe revolutionary agency to technologies themselves.2012-07-18T14:20:10+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/14/egyptian-activists-comment-on-morsis-presidency/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fikra.jpgFikra2012-07-14T18:51:35+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/12/the-dna-of-contemporary-revolutions-digitally-networked-action-that-is/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/connectivity.jpgconnectivity Credit: Indiana University2012-07-12T00:54:37+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/10/article-toward-a-history-of-new-media-in-the-new-middle-east/2012-07-10T01:21:42+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/09/daily-news-egypt-review-of-connected-in-cairo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/daily-news-review.jpgdaily news review2012-07-09T02:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/06/taking-the-long-view-on-egypts-revolution-cooks-struggle-for-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/the-struggle-for-egypt-from-nasser-to-tahrir-square.jpgthe-struggle-for-egypt-from-nasser-to-tahrir-square2012-07-06T10:35:34+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/03/social-media-and-the-egyptian-revolution-redux/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/aalam-wassef-egypt-001.jpgAalam-Wassef-Egypt-0012013-05-02T19:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/07/04/article-obama-and-the-arab-spring/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/academic-perspective.jpgAcademic PerspectiveWas the incorporation of citizen-produced content into its news coverage of the Egyptian uprising part of the secret of Al-Jazeera's success? A new analysis says yes.2012-07-04T10:45:56+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/29/international-studies-second-edition/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/international-studies-2ed.jpgInternational Studies 2ed2012-06-29T15:04:33+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/29/making-sense-of-political-parties-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/egypt-elections.jpgegypt-electionsThe large number of political parties in Egypt can be roughly grouped into three categories, claims Daniel L. Tavana.2012-06-29T14:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/22/heroes-and-villains-galore-but-what-about-collective-action/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mubarak-joker.jpgmubarak jokerCasting the revolution as an archetypal narrative of heroic revolutionaries fighting against the villainous Mubarak, as much of the Western media has done, conceals many real-world complications claims Karin Wilkins.2012-06-28T12:42:28+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/28/stories-of-the-revolution-so-far-journey-to-tahrir-released/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/journey-to-tahrir.jpgTahir PB_Philosophy pb DEMY2012-06-28T12:40:52+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/21/using-media-for-democratic-resistance-its-not-just-an-arab-revolution-thing/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/facebook-you.jpgF(acebook) YouThinking of media in terms of ecologies an ecology “places a technological medium within the cultural environment which gives it meaning and authority” 2012-06-21T21:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/17/what-does-the-judicial-decision-mean-for-egypts-new-constitution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/coup-graffiti.jpgcoup graffiti2012-06-17T02:08:45+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/14/what-next-uncertainties-continue-in-the-wake-of-the-egyptian-court-decision/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/supreme-constitutional-court.jpgSEgypt's Supreme Constitutional Court was the site of the latest major event in Egypt's ongoing unpredictable political transformation.2012-06-15T10:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/14/bringing-back-the-fear-in-egypt/2012-06-14T01:16:54+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/13/the-man-behind-omar-suleiman-still-going-strong/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mbos-oxford.jpgMBOS-OxfordHebatallah Salem of the American University in Cairo spoke briefly about the Man Behind Omar Suleiman phenomenon in Oxford on May 18th--and revealed that the jokes continue...2012-06-13T13:02:23+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/08/working-for-the-revolution-the-politics-of-visibility/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/375.jpg375Under what conditions can collective action occur among Egypt's laborers? Under what conditions can it succeed?2012-06-12T23:50:34+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/2013-02-11T11:44:56+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/05/corruption-neoliberalism-and-entrepreneurialism-in-mubaraks-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/991.jpg99And middle class entrepreneurialism struggled on amidst the declining infrastructure and widening gap between rich and poor.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/99.jpg99And middle class entrepreneurialism struggled on in spite of the steadily worsening economy.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/89.jpg89The regime's corruption did not stifle entrepreneurialism--it encouraged the creation of new businesses by elites for elites. Photo by Sophie Peterson.2012-06-05T19:11:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/march-timeline/2012-06-04T10:34:47+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2012/06/03/anger-and-disappointment-over-mubarak-sentencing/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/tahrir_square_02-06-12.jpgtahrir_square_02-06-12The sentencing of Hosni Mubarak has produced anger, not celebration in Cairo. Although convicted to life imprisonment for not trying to stop the killing of protesters, the president was acquitted of corruption charges and is expected to be acquitted of the other charges on appeal.2012-06-04T10:30:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/january-timeline/2012-06-04T10:17:00+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/30/becoming-muslim-self-and-god-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/291.jpg291Anthropologists have written of people as Muslim because they grow up enculturated as believers, but also because they make themselves Muslim through their actions. But how can we also include their beliefs that God reaches out to them as an active agent asks a recent article.2024-05-10T11:22:14+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/29/social-movements-journal-publishes-special-issue-on-arab-uprisings/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/interface-4-1-cover.jpgInterface-4-1-cover2012-06-01T08:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/28/explaining-sharia-well-better-than-usual-anyway/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sharia.jpgshariaThis classic Western media image of shari'a as a burdensome body of strict (and oppressive) laws is so much simpler--and easier to communicate--than the actual complexities of shari'a as "the way of being Muslim." BTW I stole this from an "anti-jihad" web site and I have no idea where they stole it from, as they gave no credit. So if anyone owns this image and wants credit (or wants it removed) let me know.2012-05-28T11:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/27/a-bibliography-of-the-egyptian-uprising/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/reading.jpgreading2012-05-27T20:14:23+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/27/evil-foreigners-versus-authentic-egyptians-in-tv-debates-over-the-meaning-of-the-tahrir-square-protests/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2011-02-04-niletvdownplaysprotestersdemands.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/3-martyrs-tv-screen.jpg3 martyrs tv screenDo visual media like television "require" images of events unfolding or are they a cultural expectation?https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/day_of_anger_marchers_in_street.jpgDay_of_Anger_marchers_in_street2012-05-27T12:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/04/will-islamists-derail-democracy/2013-05-30T10:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/23/egypts-thirteen-presidential-candidates/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/voting1.jpgvotingWho will she vote for? None of the 13 candidates are likely to get the required 50 percent of the vote tomorrow and Thursday, so run-off elections are scheduled for next month.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/voting.jpgvotingWho will she vote for in the 2012 Presidential elections?2012-05-23T09:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/16/talking-about-the-egytpian-revolution-in-oxford/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/oxford.jpgOxford2012-05-16T04:08:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/15/five-questions-political-scientists-should-be-asking-themselves-in-the-wake-of-the-arab-revolutions/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hamsa.jpgHamsa2012-05-15T19:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/09/censorship-in-egypt-television-versus-the-internet/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tv-censorship.giftv censorshipWas the Internet freer from censorship than the news media under Mubarak? And if so, has this influenced the post-Mubarak media? (Cartoon by Carlos Latuff used by permission). 2014-04-06T13:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/13/is-the-u-s-trying-to-steal-credit-for-egypts-uprising-or-what/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tahrir2.jpgTahrir22012-05-14T19:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/14/was-the-arab-spring-caused-by-global-warming/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/whalebones.jpgwhalebonesAs these ancient whale bones in Wadi al-Hitan demonstrate, climate change has played a significant role in North Africa, and continues to, especially through desertification. But was it a contributing factor to the Egyptian uprisings?2012-05-14T16:56:20+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/16/after-mubarak-is-egypt-risking-a-military-coup/2012-05-14T14:06:41+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/11/egypt-will-never-be-the-same/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn5763.jpgDSCN5763This timeline of Egyptian history at Dr. Rageb's Pharaonic Village in Cairo, needs a new line to mark a new moment in Egyptian history.2012-05-14T14:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/08/mubaraks-egypt-as-an-uncivil-pharaonic-soft-state/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/moubarak-degage-clef.jpgmoubarak-degage-clefThe economic decline, autocratic politics and disempowerment of civil society groups were not three problems but three symptoms of the same problem, writes Hassan Hamdy.2012-05-08T20:14:35+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/05/03/cosmopolitan-dreams-local-realities-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ciso_1066_f1.gifCISO_1066_f1Working class men with cosmopolitan aspirations in the barbaershop of the village of Nazlat al-Rayyis, near Alexandria. First of ten images in Samuli Schielke's photo essay in City & Society.2012-05-03T17:03:22+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/16/egyptian-music-and-the-uprising/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/prezi1.jpgPREZI12012-04-30T17:41:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/30/underground-music-and-the-tunisian-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/underwood.jpgUnderwood2012-04-30T17:35:04+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/27/new-journal-issue-on-arab-popular-culture/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/332.jpg332The newest issue of the Journal for Cultural Research focuses on Arab Popular Culture2012-04-27T15:28:41+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/25/a-psychological-anthropologist-in-tahrir-square/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tahrir-square-25-jan-2012.jpgTahrir Square 25 Jan 2012Celebration in Tahrir Square, 25 Jan. 2012, marking one year since the beginning of the uprisings. Photo by Malak Rouchdy. Used by permission.2012-04-26T09:25:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/23/e-humor-in-egypt-the-man-behind-omar-suleiman-meme/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/241261678.jpg241261678https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/darko.jpgdarkohttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/241612150.jpg241612150https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mbosandhitler1.jpgMBOSandhitlerhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/182475_485722812643_706287643_5863032_4935079_n.jpg182475_485722812643_706287643_5863032_4935079_nhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/guybehindomarsuleimand-and-bush.jpgguybehindomarsuleimand-and-bushhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mbosandhitler.jpgMBOSandhitlerhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/the-man-behind-omar-suleiman1.jpgThe Man Behind Omar SuleimanThe man behind Omar Suleimanhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/the-man-behind-omar-suleiman.jpgThe Man Behind Omar SuleimanThe Man Behind Omar Suleiman2012-04-23T15:30:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/14/abu-gamal-had-a-farm-more-prervolutionary-political-humor-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gamal.jpggamalThe Hag's son, Gamal.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/al-hag-abu-gamal.jpgAl Hag Abu GamalAl Hag Mohammed Hosni Abu Gamalhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ezbahabugamal.jpgEzbahAbuGamal"The Village of Gamal's Father" a roman-a-clef mocking the Mubarak regime, ran on-line from 2006-2009.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1920-a-boat-sits-still-in-the-water-at-sunrise.jpg1920 A-boat-sits-still-in-the-water-at-sunrise2012-04-14T10:10:59+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/13/islamic-realpolitik-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/many-hands2.jpgMany HandsThe call by the Muslim Brotherhood for a government of "national unity" may be an effort to allay foreign and domestic fears, but it also creates hope for many. The hands in this graphic are labeled (from top, proceeding clockwise): April 6th, Salafis, Muslim Brotherhood, Political Parties, Revolutionary Youth.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/many-hands1.jpgMany HandsThe call by the Muslim Brotherhood for a government of "national unity" may be an effort to allay foreign and domestic fears, but it also creates hope for many. The hands in this graphic are labeled (from top, proceeding clockwise): April 6th, Salafis, Muslim Brotherhood, Political Parties, Revolutionary Youth.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/many-hands.jpgMany Hands2012-04-13T15:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/12/egyptian-mukhabarat-jokes/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mukhabarat.gifmukhabaratOne way to manage fear is with humor. Hence Egypt's mukhabarat jokes.2023-09-07T09:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/04/03/from-microblogging-to-microperformance-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/tweetnadwa.jpgTweetnadwa2012-04-14T10:03:34+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/03/24/thoughts-on-the-loss-of-egypts-pope-shenouda/2012-03-24T02:58:28+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/03/22/beyblade-like-an-egyptian/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/beyblades.jpgbeyblades"Divinity Ra" was submitted as part of a contest in which kids designed their own Beyblades.2012-05-22T10:27:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/03/19/the-arab-revolts-one-year-timeline/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/arab-spring.jpgArab Spring2012-03-19T02:58:48+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/03/18/the-great-arab-revolt-tales-from-the-trenches/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mahjoob1.jpgMahjoob1Wedeman illustrated his talk at Miami University with political cartoons by Mahjoob, like this one.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wedeman.jpgWedemanI am a terrible photographer. I spend two days with Wedeman, and this is the only picture I got.2024-09-29T19:43:41+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/01/taking-satire-into-egypts-public-sphere/2012-03-10T12:09:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/02/04/bodies-on-the-move-in-pre-revolution-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/girlonacell.jpggirlonacellHow do "urban mobilities" differ by gender and class? And what are the outcomes?2012-03-03T03:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/02/08/anthropologists-write-about-revolution-and-counter-revolution-in-egypt-a-year-after-january-25th/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tahrir-nov-21.jpgTahrir Nov 21What do the anthropologists have to say about the Egyptian uprisings?2012-03-03T03:05:37+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/03/03/more-from-the-anthropologists-on-the-egyptian-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/egypt-502px.jpgegypt-502pxThis photograph of jubilant crowds in Tahrir Square after hearing that President Mubarak will step down from his presidency is featured on the cover of the latest issue of American Ethnologist. Credit: Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/Polaris2012-03-03T02:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/02/22/the-egyptian-revolution-in-review-twitter-as-historical-documentation/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/jazeera-tweets-from-tahrir.jpgJazeera-Tweets From Tahrir2012-03-01T14:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/03/01/just-for-fun-giza-plateau-from-the-air/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gaza-virtual-tour.jpgGaza Virtual Tour2012-03-01T14:07:45+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/02/29/there-are-probably-no-real-cyberrevolutions-not-even-in-egypt/2012-02-29T14:47:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/02/29/the-digital-vanguard-prelude-to-the-egyptian-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/egypt-twiiter-facebook-440.jpgegypt-twiiter-facebook-4402012-02-29T14:09:13+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/12/egyptian-cosmopolitans-after-september-11-bonus-chapter/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bonuschapter.jpgBonusChapter2012-02-28T18:56:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/02/08/egyptian-televangelists-build-a-new-egypt-through-an-ethical-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/moez_masoud.jpgmoez_masoudTelevangelists like Moez Masoud are calling for Egyptians to rebuild Egypt by rebuilding themselves.2012-02-09T18:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/30/entrepreneurship-as-a-revolutionary-resource/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn7685.jpgDSCN7685Out friend Abdel Rahman Mustafa came to Miami in 2010 to study social entrepreneurship. Now he works for the April 6th Movement. 2012-02-08T11:33:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/02/06/egyptian-struggles-continue/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/53351_488935381799_517526799_6996751_5212654_o.jpg53351_488935381799_517526799_6996751_5212654_o‎The struggle continues. Sarah Carr's amazing photo of the Information Center for Local Development workers during their sit-in at the Egyptian Federation of Trade Unions. 2012-02-06T14:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/16/is-there-a-deep-state-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/29june.jpg29JuneIncompetence, the struggle of a deep state to reassert itself, or some combination of the two? Time will tell argue two recent writers.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/egypt-protesters-007.jpgEgypt-protesters-0072012-02-04T21:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/02/03/rise-in-start-ups-after-the-arab-spring/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mparent_button.pngmparent_button2012-02-03T14:25:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/27/putting-christians-in-the-middle-east-picture/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/396.jpg396Though their presence in the Middle East predates Islam, Christians are "curiously absent" from the scholarly literature on that part of the world.2012-03-26T16:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/29/will-new-censorship-technology-change-twitters-revolutionary-potential/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/twitter-is-censored.pngtwitter-is-censoredThis cartoon by Latuff is one of dozens of critical and sarcastic images that have appeared following Twitter's announcement that as it expands it will need to censor Tweets in countries where the contents of those tweets are illegal.2012-01-29T16:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/26/egyptian-activists-look-back-at-the-role-of-twitter/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cartoons_03.jpgcartoons_032012-01-26T17:56:57+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/25/one-year-of-revolution-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/25jan2012b.jpg25Jan2012bhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/25jan20121.jpg25Jan20122012-01-25T19:13:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/december-timeline/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/the-concrete-barrier-on-mohammed-mahmoud-street.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2012-05-20T14:41:25+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/resources/timeline-2011/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/alahram-feb3.jpgAlAhram Feb3https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/day_of_anger_marchers_in_street1.jpgDay_of_Anger_marchers_in_street2012-01-25T15:04:31+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/24/lessons-looking-back-at-one-year-of-protests-podcasts-mostly-by-geographers/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sarafregonese.jpgsarafregoneseDomino theory is far too simplistic to explain the Arab Spring, explains Sara Fregonese2015-10-18T13:01:37+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/22/from-active-citizenship-to-activist-citizenship-in-egypt-and-beyond/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/staeheli_lynn.jpgstaeheli_lynnProf. Lynn Staehelihttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/activists.jpgActivistsOut of the schools and workshops and into the streets--that's the transition from active to activist described by Geographer Lynn Staeheli.2012-01-22T11:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/07/color-photos-of-1920s-era-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/a-view-of-a-tower-in-cairo-1920s.jpgA-view-of-a-tower-in-Cairo 1920sA Cairo skyline taken in the 1920s.2012-01-20T15:50:04+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/20/five-myths-about-the-arab-spring-fouad-ajami/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/largeimage-39feb48dc1d04f5c21f34d6dfad621b7.giflargeimage.39feb48dc1d04f5c21f34d6dfad621b7Many people in the United States firmly believe the US is a major player in the Egyptian uprising and Arab Spring.2012-01-20T15:45:45+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/19/2012-field-research-methods-workshop-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn7082.jpgDSCN7082Taking field notes at the Red Sea in 2010.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn71961.jpgDSCN7196Students taking field notes in the Muhammed Ali mosque in Cairo, 2010.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dscn7196.jpgDSCN7196Students taking ethnographic field notes in the Mohammed Ali mosque in 20102012-01-19T15:22:49+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/12/a-critical-perspective-on-the-art-of-the-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0355.jpgIskanderella10052012-01-19T14:17:08+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/18/new-book-on-organ-transplants-bioethics-and-cultural-practice-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/kidney-scar.jpgkidney-scarThis gruesome photo from Al-Masry Al-Youm explains clearly why the poor might not want to sell their organs in Egypt.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ourbodiesbelongtogod.jpgOurBodiesBelongtoGod2012-01-18T16:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/17/counting-the-human-cost-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mdavari20110202.jpgmdavari20110202Photo by M. Davari2012-01-17T11:42:42+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/15/a-partial-guide-to-the-egyptian-political-parties/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/parties-chart.jpgParties Chart2012-06-14T20:17:44+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/11/new-documentary-on-egyptian-art-after-the-uprisings/2012-01-11T03:04:39+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/03/best-posts-of-2011/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wordle1-3.jpgWordle1-3This is a “word cloud” generated from the text of this blog on Jan. 1st. It was created by wordle.net. The cloud give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the blog, making visual art out of text.2012-01-10T04:23:28+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/10/new-book-is-a-suspenseful-narrative-account-of-the-uprising/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/liberation-square.pngLiberation Square2012-01-10T03:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/04/what-has-become-of-sandmonkey/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mahmoudsalemcampaign.pngMahmoudSalemCampaignhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sandmonkey.jpgSandMonkey2012-01-07T23:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/08/dont-mess-with-the-people/2012-01-07T23:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/06/the-real-threat-is-the-military-not-the-islamists-egyptian-human-rights-activist/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/atef-said.jpgAtef SaidAtef Said2012-01-06T14:03:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/04/academic-access-to-connected-in-cairo-through-project-muse/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cover-sketch.jpgCover Sketch2012-01-04T19:09:36+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/04/in-egypt-the-military-is-not-a-monolith/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/army-in-tahrir.jpgarmy in tahrir2012-01-04T12:02:34+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/07/egyptian-military-maintains-censorship-where-criticism-of-its-leaders-is-concerned/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/banned-article.jpgbanned articleThis article criticizing Field Marshall Tantawi was banned by the Egyptian government.2012-01-03T15:09:20+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/16/the-arab-spring-in-north-africa-special-journal-issue/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/fnas.jpgFNAS2012-01-03T15:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/22/in-egypt-who-sees-viral-videos/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/getting-the-word-out.jpgGetting the word outA man holds up a copy of Al-Tahrir, one of the independent newspapers that reported the incident.2012-01-03T15:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/25/egypt-elections-explained-an-infographic-from-al-jazeera-english/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/egyptian-elections-infographic1.pngEgyptian Elections Infographichttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/egyptian-elections-infographic.pngEgyptian Elections Infographic2012-01-03T15:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/28/talking-about-a-revolution-oxford-university-plans-2012-conference/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tahrir2.jpgTahrir2Talkin' 'bout a revolution, well you know... We all want to change the world.2012-01-03T15:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/28/analyzing-military-statements-as-performance/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/gen-emara.jpggen emaraGeneral Emara at a press conference. Photo: Al-Masry Al-Youm2012-01-03T14:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/31/profile-of-muslim-brotherhoods-new-newspaper/2012-01-03T14:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/02/2011-in-review/2012-01-03T14:55:25+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/09/bassem-youssef-leaps-from-social-media-to-television/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/el-bernameg.jpgEl Bernameg2012-01-03T14:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/august-timeline/2012-01-03T03:29:36+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/resources/november-timeline/2012-01-03T03:29:13+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/resources/october-timeline/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/blank-columns.jpgblank columns2012-01-03T03:28:54+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/resources/september-timeline/2012-01-03T03:28:40+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/resources/june-timeline/2012-01-03T03:24:53+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/resources/may-timeline/2012-01-03T03:24:05+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/resources/april-timeline/2012-01-03T03:22:55+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/resources/february-timeline/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/baltagiyya.jpgbaltagiyyahttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/full_1296760429humanshield1.jpgfull_1296760429humanshieldhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/full_1296760429humanshield.jpgfull_1296760429humanshield2012-01-03T03:20:33+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2012/01/03/check-it-out-timeline-2011/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/egypt-election-google.jpgEGYPT-ELECTION-GOOGLEhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/alahram-feb3.jpgAlAhram Feb3https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/day_of_anger_marchers_in_street.jpgDay_of_Anger_marchers_in_street2012-01-03T03:10:36+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/21/check-it-out-whos-who-in-egypt-2/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/106.jpg106https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mubarkpolice-academy.gifmubarkpolice academyhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ertu2.jpgERTU2011-12-21T00:08:59+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/13/is-the-power-of-social-media-provoking-censorship/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/day_of_anger_marchers_in_street.jpgDay_of_Anger_marchers_in_streetWhen is civil resistance democratic change and when is it hooliganism? Who gets to decide? And what do they do about it--censor communications?2011-12-20T02:04:13+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/20/check-it-out-whos-who-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/amr-diab.jpgamr diabhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mubarak2.jpgmubarak2https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/shahira-amin_nile_tv.jpgshahira-amin_nile_tv2011-12-19T23:55:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/14/the-salafi-puzzle/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/446.jpg4462011-12-14T14:13:47+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/02/cairokees-ya-al-midan-celebrates-the-meaning-of-tahrir-square/2011-12-14T23:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/02/to-study-the-egyptian-uprisings-requires-an-anthropology-of-contingency/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/theend.jpgtheendBut Mubarak's resignation wasn't just the end. It was also a beginning. How might an anthropology of social action work in this uncertain present with its unpredictable future?2011-12-07T02:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/12/02/anthropological-impressions-of-the-middle-east-new-web-student-journal/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/anthropologies.jpgAnthropologies2011-12-07T02:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/10/frenetic-activity-on-the-eve-of-egypts-elections/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/egypt_voter.jpgegyptian voterAn Egyptian casts his ballot in the last elections. Photo: BikyaMasr.2011-11-29T03:50:10+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/21/special-journal-issue-on-the-arab-revolutions/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/globalizations.jpgGlobalizations2011-11-29T03:43:10+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/23/making-sense-of-egypts-revolution-2-0/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tahrir-nov-21.jpgTahrir Nov 21Tahrir Square, Nov. 21. Photo by Malak Rouchdy.2011-11-29T03:40:34+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/28/egyptian-youth-in-urban-and-virtual-spaces/2011-11-28T15:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/23/return-to-the-republic-of-tahrir/2011-11-23T04:44:48+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/01/everyday-civility-in-egypt-before-and-after-mubarak/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/rouchdy-july13-1.jpgRouchdy-July13-1Are the ongoing protests in part efforts to create new civilities in Egypt? Photo by Malak Rouchdy.2011-11-21T19:51:07+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/20/protest-video-against-scaf/2011-11-20T18:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/20/and-so-the-revolution-continues/2011-11-20T17:47:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/11/egypts-piggipedia-transparency-as-resistance/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/piggipedia.jpgpiggipediaThe Piggipedia group pool is only one of many sites to which protesters are uploading names and photographs of hated state security personnel.2011-11-18T15:54:57+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/15/whos-who-in-egyptian-political-parties-a-very-partial-list/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/egypt-election-posters.jpgegypt election posters2011-11-18T14:56:59+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/18/discussion-questions-for-connected-in-cairo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cover-sketch.jpgCover Sketch2011-11-17T22:06:26+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/17/at-war-in-afghanistan/2011-11-17T01:37:30+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/11/apparently-the-army-and-the-people-are-not-one-hand-anymore-if-they-ever-were/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nomilitarytrialsforcivilians.jpgNoMilitaryTrialsForCivilianshttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nomilitary.jpgnomilitary2011-11-11T20:46:51+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/04/when-cream-is-not-cool/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ishta.jpgishtaA t-shirt design for people who are ishta--or think they are...2011-11-18T11:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/11/03/salafi-movement-issues-political-fatwas/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/scan0197.jpgscan0197Salafis continue to leave the mosques for the public limelight, acting as the loose cannon of Egyptian politics.2011-12-30T15:17:21+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/29/understanding-tunisia-and-egypt-as-a-network-society-revolt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/network.pngnetwork2011-10-29T01:10:21+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/25/analyzing-twitter-flow-in-the-tunisian-and-egyptian-uprisings/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/twitter-egypt-revolution.jpgTwitter-Egypt-revolution2011-10-26T15:06:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/26/al-azhar-sheikh-women-shouldnt-marry-former-mubarak-supporters/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/290.jpg290Wondering who to marry? Not a former NDP member, says Sheikh Stouhi.2011-10-26T15:01:42+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/26/tahrir-square-city-of-westminster-england/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/18-days-cover.jpg18 Days coverA forthcoming graphic novel about the Egyptian uprising.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tahrir-square-london.jpgtahrir square LondonSome clever person at the Occupy London protests posted this sign, designed to look like an authentic British street sign.2011-11-17T21:56:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/22/islam-and-democracy-in-turkey-and-egypt-editorial-by-osama-salama/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/erdogan-arabi.jpgerdogan-ArabiArab League Secretary General Nabil Alarabi, right, gives an Arab League gift to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the opening session of Arab Foreign Ministers meeting in Cairo, Egypt, 13 September 2011. Photo by KHALED ELFIQI 2011-10-25T14:18:09+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/08/information-warfare-perspective-on-egypt-and-tunisia-disappointing/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/infowar.jpginfowar2011-10-25T14:08:04+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/19/egyptians-learning-the-messiness-of-democracy-as-elections-loom/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/59.jpg59Elections are going to be pretty different this time around with no predetermined results...2011-10-25T14:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/17/is-egypt-having-an-identity-crisis/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cook_struggle.jpgcook_strugglehttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/october-maspero-protest-rouchdy.jpgOctober Maspero protest rouchdyIs Egypt suffering from an identity crisis?2011-10-25T13:58:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/24/is-egypts-revolution-part-of-a-mediterranean-spring/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/egyptrevolution_poster.jpgEgyptRevolution2011-10-24T14:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/11/forthcoming-lecture-at-university-of-kentucky/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peterson.jpgPeterson2011-10-23T18:03:01+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/17/tamer-shaaban-nominated-for-viral-video-award/2011-10-17T11:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/06/working-partnerships/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn6580.jpgDSCN6580Christianity in Egypt is said to have begun with the mission of St. Mark the Evangelist. His relics are buried beneath this cathedral, where his tomb is accessible for pilgrimage.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn7606.jpgDSCN7606A Coptic church carved out of the rock of Moqattam mountain, where thousands of Copts were rendered destitute by the destruction of their swine herds.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/united.gifunitedMuslim-Christian unity. A cartoon by Carlos Latuff.2011-10-16T11:33:27+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/16/understanding-the-october-violence-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lattoufriot1.jpglattoufriot1Another cartoon by Carlos Latuff, used by permission, with gratitude.2011-10-15T23:38:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/14/in-egypt-media-professionals-turn-to-social-media-in-protest/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3-martyrs-tv-screen.jpg3 martyrs tv screenState television's coverage of the Coptic-Military clashes have been condemned even by state TV journalists2011-10-14T01:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/12/middle-east-edition-of-connected-in-cairo-now-available/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/me-edition-cover.jpguntitled2011-10-12T20:43:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/10/violence-against-coptic-protesters-is-evidence-of-government-failure/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dscn6627.jpgDSCN66272011-10-11T15:06:55+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/10/beyond-the-public-sphere-in-the-modern-middle-east/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/we-want-internet.jpgwe want InternetWhen will we stop looking for technology to drive political revolutions? asks Albrecht Hofheinz of Oslo University.2011-10-10T02:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/28/coca-cola-for-the-new-egypt/2016-10-11T11:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/27/stability-the-generation-gap-and-the-egyptian-uprisings/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/thank-you-egyptian-youth-facebook.jpgThank You Egyptian Youth FacebookDoes it help us understand what is going on in the Middle East if we treat the idea of a "Facebook revolution" as a meme?2011-10-06T20:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/07/remembering-khaled-saids-death-one-year-later-a-different-egypt/2011-10-06T20:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/07/tahrir-squared-can-communitas-be-digitalized/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tahrir-squared.jpgTahrir Squared2011-10-13T20:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/05/media-in-the-egyptian-uprising-new-edition-of-on-line-journal/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ams-new.jpgAMS NewAdd this to your summer reading: AMS special issue on media and social change in the Arab Spring2011-10-06T20:36:47+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/03/the-ad-that-started-the-egyptian-uprisings-not/2012-01-04T21:59:50+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/31/egypts-media-ecology-in-a-time-of-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ams.jpgAMSHere's the web page with my new paper on it.2011-10-06T20:30:47+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/15/re-imagining-youth-in-the-middle-east/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/thank-you-egyptian-youth-facebook.jpgThank You Egyptian Youth Facebook"Thank you Egyptian youth Facebook" reads this sign. But who are the "youth" being thanked? 2011-10-06T20:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/03/cosmopolitans-in-egypts-uprising/2011-10-06T20:14:27+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/06/how-citizen-journalism-could-make-mainstream-new-obsolete-in-the-middle-east/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/nyt.jpegNYTAs protests explode world wide, the NYT still reports them the way the mainstream press did in the 1960s. But people have more choices now, two communications scholars argue.2011-10-06T02:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/04/beyond-the-arab-spring-global-protests-against-the-status-quo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/capitalism.jpgcapitalismAnother image from TRAPhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/execution.jpgexecutionAnother image from TRAPhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/nobody.jpgnobody2012-05-22T00:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/04/new-journal-more-about-icts-in-the-egyptian-and-tunisian-uprisings-than-you-can-get-your-head-around/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cartoons_03.jpgcartoons_032011-10-04T18:01:01+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/10/01/out-of-egypt-coptic-christians-struggle-with-uncertainties/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/299.jpg2992011-10-04T17:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/14/anthropologists-not-keen-on-human-terrain-systems/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/jazeera-hts.jpgJazeera-HTS2011-09-29T22:28:37+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/28/the-egyptian-uprising-in-pictures/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/grondahl-book.jpgGrondahl Bookhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/egypt-from-repression-to-revolution.jpgEgypt from repression to revolutionhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/messagesfromtahrir.jpgMessagesfromTahrir2011-09-29T22:07:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/27/keeping-it-brief-the-impact-of-the-global-economic-crisis-on-the-middle-east-in-two-paragraphs/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/scan0002.jpgscan0002Cover of the first edition, now being revised.2011-09-29T21:54:04+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/29/in-egypt-controversy-over-a-field-marshall-in-mufti/2011-10-06T18:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/16/erdogans-visit-to-egypt-good-political-theater/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/recep_tayyip_erdogan_2010.jpgRecep_Tayyip_Erdogan_2010Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoganhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/erdogan1.jpgerdoganhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/erdogan.jpgerdogan2011-09-27T14:25:10+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/03/representing-egypts-last-revolution-for-us-kids/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/egyptian-cat-mystery.jpgEgyptian Cat Mystery2011-09-22T10:17:13+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/20/end-of-the-auc-strikes/2011-09-22T09:32:07+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-revolution/educational-crisis/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/03_01.jpgModern EducationNew private schools are popping up all over Egypt. But most Egyptians can't afford them.2011-09-19T19:28:02+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/17/strikes-at-the-american-university-in-cairo/2011-09-18T23:31:21+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/19/changing-egypt-one-civil-interaction-at-a-time/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn7562.jpgDSCN7562Exposed to public scrutiny via the news media, public officals may have to change the ways they interact with the citizens.2011-09-18T23:28:01+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/18/salafis-move-into-mainstream-politics-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn75152.jpgDSCN7515https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn75151.jpgDSCN75152011-09-18T23:11:39+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/15/ruling-military-council-reinvokes-egypts-emergency-law/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mamdouh-shaheen.jpgMamdouh ShaheenGeneral Mamdouh Shaheen announced that the military intends to make use of the Emergency Law rather than end it. Reuter photo.2011-09-15T02:48:17+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/23/egyptian-screen-legend-kamal-al-shannawy-dies/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kamal-al-shannawy.jpgKamal Al-ShannawyKamal Al-Shannawy2011-09-12T03:42:38+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/06/the-trouble-with-democracy-a-new-egypt-israel-reality-begins-to-emerge/2011-09-11T03:17:49+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/10/egyptian-media-things-remain-unstable/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/khaleddawoud.jpgkhaleddawoudKhaled Dawoud (this is an older picture from an alumni event at AUC)2011-09-10T14:08:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/09/documenting-the-egyptian-uprising/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/universityonthe-square.jpgUniversityonthe Squarehttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/r-shief.jpgR-Shiefhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/clr.jpgCLRhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/25-leaks.jpg25 Leaks2011-09-09T03:31:48+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/08/new-television-stations-under-review-by-government/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/satellite_dishes_in_cairo-crop_display.jpgsatellite_dishes_in_cairo.jpg.crop_displaySatellite dishes in Cairo. Reuter photo borrowed from Al-Masry Al-Youm article2011-09-08T17:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/08/how-far-will-the-clean-cinema-effort-go/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tahia-carioca.jpgTahia CariocaAre contemporary Egyptian films really any "dirtier" than classics starring such cinema lights as Tahia Carioca? 2011-09-08T17:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/07/egypts-national-archives-documenting-the-egyptian-uprising/2011-09-07T01:38:53+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/09/05/the-case-for-an-islamic-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dscn7515.jpgDSCN75152011-09-05T18:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/01/the-friday-of-disunity/2011-09-04T17:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/03/the-end-of-an-era-in-egypt-mubarak-on-trial/2011-09-04T17:32:47+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/04/connected-in-cairo-30-percent-off/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cic.jpgCIC2011-09-04T17:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/23/rustom-and-al-shannawy-together/2011-09-04T17:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/26/middle-east-edition-of-connected-in-cairo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/auc-cover.jpguntitledhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/auc-cover1.gifAUC coverhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/auc-cover.gifAUC cover2011-09-04T17:26:51+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/27/new-yorker-slide-show/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/nypfar.jpgNYPFAR"Pictures from a Revolution" in the August New Yorker magaazine features elegant photos and videos of activists.2011-09-04T17:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/29/review-of-connected-in-cairo-in-the-jordan-times/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jordan-times.jpgJordan Times2011-09-04T17:20:18+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/08/internet-and-political-mobilization-in-egypt-and-tunisia/2011-08-28T12:16:59+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/23/the-passing-of-hind-rustom/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/hind-rostom.jpgHind Rostom2011-08-26T10:57:52+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/26/errata/2011-08-26T10:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/08/22/out-of-stock-printing-more-copies/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cic1.jpgCIC2011-08-23T10:25:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/07/22/civility-in-the-middle-east-eleven-scholars-weigh-in/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/civility.jpgcivilityCivility is the mutual deference people pay to one another that enables citizenship to come into play.2011-07-23T23:10:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/07/21/street-art-continues-to-play-a-key-role-in-the-egyptian-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tahrir13julygraffiti.jpgTahrir13julygraffitiNew street art in Tahrir Square. Photo: Al masry Al Youm.2011-07-20T21:34:06+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/07/09/five-characteristics-of-the-egyptian-youth-movements/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/july8.gifjuly8Cartoon by Carlos Latuff2011-07-19T14:58:10+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-revolution/rising-poverty/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn7583.jpgDSCN7583More and more people sink into poverty even as Egypt enjoys significant economic growth.2014-04-22T19:11:28+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2011/07/17/socializing-the-state-from-tahrir-square/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tahrir13july.jpgtahrir13julySocializing the state: Crowds in Tahrir on the night of July 13th. Photo by Malak Rouchdy.2011-07-19T11:20:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/07/19/the-bread-of-revolution-food-prices-and-uprisings-in-the-middle-east/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dscn7322.jpgDSCN7322The food of the poor: One of the Egyptian Arabic terms for bread, 'aish, literally means "life."2011-07-19T10:35:58+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/07/15/are-the-revolutions-reclaiming-a-lost-arab-dignity/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tahrir-8-july-malak-rouchdy.jpgTahrir 8 July-Malak RouchdyProtest in Tahrir, July 8th. Photo by Malak Rouchdy.2011-07-15T03:16:56+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/07/14/globalization-as-fugue/2011-07-14T00:54:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/06/how-should-the-coptic-church-deal-with-sectarian-violence/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn7596.jpgDSCN7596Will a more secularized parliament improve the outlook for Egypt's Christian minority?2011-07-13T14:53:33+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-revolution/police-abuses/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/157.jpg1572011-07-10T14:46:42+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/29/islam-and-democracy-the-catch-22/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/51.jpg51Turkey is one example of a country where democracy and Islam seem to be compatible. Why not North Africa?2011-07-10T13:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/07/10/ecumenism-versus-secularism-in-the-new-egyptian-politics/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/united.gifunited2011-07-10T13:47:02+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/07/04/talking-with-the-muslim-brotherhood/2011-07-04T12:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/11/piggipedia-censored-internet-constraints-on-the-revolutionary-imagination/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/piggipedia.jpgpiggipediaPiggipedia on Flickrhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/flickr2.jpgFlickrhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/flickr1.jpgFlickrhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/flickr.jpgFlickrAlas, freedom fighters don't own the copyrights to images they've seized from the regimes they've overthrown.2012-05-22T13:59:56+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/25/egypt-seeks-to-balance-budgets-without-foreign-loans/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/samir-radwan.jpgSamir RadwanFinance Minister Samir Radwan announced that a revised budget plan had cut the deficit so that foreign loans would not be required.2011-06-25T14:49:41+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/17/new-journal-issue-focuses-on-egyptian-and-tunisian-revolts/2011-06-18T03:34:21+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/18/state-television-was-just-obeying-orders/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ertu1.jpgERTUThe Maspero Building in Cairo houses state television.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ertu.jpgERTUThe Maspero Building which houses Egyptian state television2011-06-18T03:32:01+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/17/iup-offer-e-book-edition-of-connected-in-cairo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/e-book.jpgE-BookIUP has released an e-book of Connected in Cairo2011-06-17T15:00:48+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/08/new-law-would-equalize-muslims-and-copts-on-houses-of-worship/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/284.jpg284It's usually been much easier to get permission to build a mosque than a churce--a significant bone of contention for Christians in Egypt.2011-06-15T17:21:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/08/love-and-safety-in-egyptian-tourism-videos/2011-06-15T17:18:47+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/13/kindle-edition-of-connected-in-cairo-available-for-only-10/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kindle.jpgkindle2011-06-15T17:14:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/14/coptic-youth-asserts-leadership/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/maspero-youth-union.jpegMaspero Youth Union2011-06-15T17:12:29+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-now/the-2011-elections/2011-06-08T15:20:25+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-now/enforcement-of-the-gaza-border/2011-06-08T15:17:48+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-now/police-day/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/police-day1.jpgpolice day"The police at the service of the poor." 2011-06-08T15:14:49+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-revolution/censorship/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/0sta.jpg0STA2014-08-22T16:43:04+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/12/corruption/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn6007.jpgDSCN6007Cottage industries through which local craftsmen eke out a living are threatened by development projects whose ties to political figures make them untouchable either by law or protest.2011-06-08T15:04:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-revolution/emergency-law/2011-06-08T14:50:46+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-revolution/inflation/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/195.jpg195Prices of petrol, bread, rice and oil are rising far faster than wages2011-06-08T14:48:32+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/07/in-egypt-television-confronts-state-tv-wins/2012-03-26T21:28:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/13/assessing-the-art-of-the-tahrir-uprisings/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theend.jpgtheendhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/no-you-cant.jpgNo You Can'thttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hossam.jpghossam"Free People" Photo by Hossam al-Hamalawy, Jan. 30.2011-06-08T14:32:22+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-now/the-murder-of-khaled-said/2011-06-07T20:03:23+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/07/media-empowerment-and-democracy-in-the-global-south/2011-06-07T02:16:23+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/23/ambiguities-everywhere-a-snapshot-of-egypts-experimental-moment-in-the-guardian/2012-05-22T09:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/18/who-are-the-baltagiyya-anyway-and-where-do-they-come-from/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/baltagiyya.jpgbaltagiyyaEnter the baltigiyya: On Feb. 2, camel drivers apparently paid by members of the regime were directed to attack protesters responsible for the tourist slump that has cut off their income.2011-06-06T02:30:47+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/17/trump-is-as-much-an-idiot-about-egypt-as-everything-else/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/trump.jpgTrumpTrump: Why let a little thing like facticity get in the way of making a point about the Middle East?2011-06-06T02:26:21+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/03/chilling-news-egypts-military-council-questions-the-media/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dscn6279.jpgDSCN62792011-06-03T00:53:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/06/02/interviews-with-a-sandmonkey/2011-06-02T03:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/30/creating-a-revolutionary-culture-on-line/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/aalam-wassef.jpgAalam WassefAalam Wassef2011-05-30T10:42:38+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/29/an-egyptian-americans-viral-video/2011-05-29T02:59:09+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/28/egypt-guest-of-honor-at-cannes/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/18-days.jpg18 Days2011-05-28T10:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/27/tahrir-redux/2011-05-27T17:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/24/nationalism-or-privatization-the-choice-is-not-so-easy-for-egyptians/2011-05-24T01:06:19+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/21/zahi-hawass-as-egypts-ultimate-political-survivor/2011-05-21T10:58:35+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/16/what-do-coptic-protests-mean-different-political-goals-suggest-different-answers/2011-05-16T14:51:53+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/15/egypts-choice-is-not-between-secularism-and-theocracy/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/muslim-brotherhood-in-egypt-300x300.jpgMuslim-Brotherhood-in-Egypt-300x300There's an ongoing debate within the Muslim Brotherhood over the proper relationship between Islam and democracy.2011-05-15T15:05:15+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/15/reading-the-tweets-of-the-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tweetsfromtahrir.jpgOR Book Going Rouge2011-05-15T15:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/13/dictators-may-be-bad-for-the-economy/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/193.jpg193The "stability" Mubarak provided may have been bad for the economy.2011-05-13T14:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/12/the-evolution-of-al-jazeera-in-the-wake-of-the-arab-uprisings/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/aljazeerascreen.jpgAlJazeerascreenIs Al-Jazeera having its own "Arab Spring"?2011-05-12T12:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/06/whats-the-status-of-egypts-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cman273l.pngcman273l2011-05-06T15:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/04/writing-about-egypts-experimental-moment/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/msc.jpgM&SC2011-05-04T17:09:10+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/03/what-does-osama-bin-ladins-death-mean/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afghan7.gifAfghan7This cartoon from a 2002 issue of the magazine Caricature portrays the US entering a labyrinth as we seek to find Osama bin Ladinhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/aghan9.gifaghan92011-05-03T02:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/17/the-apotheosis-of-zahi-hawass/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/jt-fedora.jpgJT FedoraThe wind whips away my son's fedora (an Indy fedora, not a Zahi fedora, but what the heck)https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn6959.jpgDSCN6959https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/hawass-site.jpgHawass siteZahi Hawass's web sitehttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/hawass.jpghawassForget the Supreme Council. The History Channel knows who really rules Egypt.2016-11-21T15:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/16/most-americans-support-middle-eastern-democracy/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/gas-prices.jpggas pricesCartoon by Darkow, Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune.2011-05-03T02:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/02/preview-connected-in-cairo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cover-sketch1.jpgCover Sketchhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cover-sketch.jpgCover Sketch2011-05-02T16:03:46+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/05/01/citizen-music-production-paying-for-what-you-get/2011-05-01T19:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/26/egypts-continuing-experiments-in-social-media/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/lees-al-fishawy-internet-cafe.jpgLee's al-fishawy internet cafeLee's al-fishawy internet cafe, Sharm al-Sheikh, 20012011-04-26T14:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/24/after-the-uprising-whats-next-my-model-arab-league-speech/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2011-mu-mal-07.jpeg2011-MU-MAL-07https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2011-mu-mal-06.jpeg2011-MU-MAL-062011-04-26T02:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/23/torture-by-egyptian-army-may-be-business-as-usual-media-response-is-not/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/egyptian_army_soldiers_0013.jpgEgyptian_Army_Soldiers_001https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/egyptian_army_soldiers_0012.jpgEgyptian_Army_Soldiers_001https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/egyptian_army_soldiers_0011.jpgEgyptian_Army_Soldiers_001https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/egyptian_army_soldiers_001.jpgEgyptian_Army_Soldiers_0012011-04-26T02:00:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/29/salafis-rise-after-mubaraks-fall/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/salafiprotest.jpgsalafiprotestAl-Masry Al-Youm photo by Hazm Gouda2012-10-19T05:19:21+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/21/space-wars-in-cairo/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/156.jpg156As the wealthy flee to gated communities like this, the center of the city becomes a battleground over the meaning of urban space.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/414.jpg4142011-04-21T14:03:18+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/21/state-media-changes-structural-or-cosmetic/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ertu.jpgERTUThe Maspero Building, housing the state television and radio company, ERTU.2011-04-21T02:59:07+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/05/the-elephant-in-the-room-egypts-looming-economic-reforms/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn5868.jpgDSCN5868Drastically diminished tourism revenues because of the unrest is a serious blow to the economy--but most protesters are concerned about bigger issues.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/60.jpg602011-04-19T13:58:30+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/15/the-mosque-in-the-marketplace-of-ideas/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn6346.jpgDSCN6346Salafis would do better to exhort from the mosque than to try to engage in violent political action, claims Islamic Group leader Naji Ibrahim2011-04-17T02:39:49+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/01/just-how-significant-are-the-salafis-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn7281.jpgDSCN7281Salafis believe that Muslims must return to the Islam practiced by the first three generations of Muslims (as they understand it).2011-04-17T02:26:01+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/16/the-regime-didnt-see-it-coming-either/2011-04-16T11:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/14/connected-in-cairo-has-shipped/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cover-sketch.jpgCover Sketch2011-04-19T13:56:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/09/a-return-to-tahrir-square-to-demand-accountability/2011-04-15T19:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/15/saudi-arabia-is-added-to-egypts-list-of-foreign-villains/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/obama_hand.jpgObama_handThe Saudis are being added to the list of "foreign hands" -- led by the US and Israel -- believed to interfere in Egypt's social worlds.2011-04-15T19:41:43+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/15/mubarak-speaks-but-not-through-egyptian-media/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/mubarak4.gifMubarak42011-04-15T15:18:07+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/14/social-media-still-not-free-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/maikel-nabil-sanad.jpgMaikel Nabil SanadBlogger Maikel Nabil Sanad was sentenced April 11 to three years in Tora Prison by a military court.2011-04-14T17:58:36+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/13/can-social-media-content-analysis-tell-us-anything-about-the-uprisings-in-egypt-and-elsewhere-in-the-middle-east/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/facebook-you1.jpgF(acebook) Youhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/facebook-you.jpgF(acebook) YouI'm more interested in the functions of social media in the uprisings than in the content, but this seems an interesting project nonetheless.2011-04-13T14:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/12/whatever-became-of-hosni-mubarak/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/funny-egyptian-protest-sign-against-president-mubarak-24.jpgfunny-egyptian-protest-sign-against-president-mubarak-242011-04-13T09:30:26+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/12/the-best-story-of-the-egyptian-uprisings-so-far/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/protest-in-tahrir.jpgProtest in TahrirProtest in Tahrir. Photo by Abdelrahman Mostafa.2011-04-13T09:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/12/sandmonkey-seven-myths-about-the-revolution/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sandmonkey.jpgSandmonkeyDon't pontificate until you've read this blog...2011-04-12T11:06:15+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/08/the-revolution-reaches-egypts-state-run-media/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn7519.jpgDSCN7519There are many changes in the state run media. But what will they mean within the larger media ecology?2011-04-12T10:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/08/egypt-status-report/2011-04-08T20:24:48+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/03/rising-up-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn8597a.jpgDSCN8597aSpeaking at a brown bag luncheon at Miami University2011-04-04T21:56:55+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/03/news-media-explosion-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn7562.jpgDSCN7562There will soon be more newspapers than ever in Cairo as freedom of the press meets freedom to create new political parties.2011-04-04T13:36:08+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/02/citizen-journalism-in-egypt-you-get-what-you-pay-for/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/972.jpg+972Lisa Goldman's April 2 blog post from Egypt on a trip funded by her readers.2011-04-04T13:34:44+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/04/04/support-the-revolution-visit-egypt-and-spend-some-money/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dscn5958-2.jpgDSCN5958 (2)I took a group of students to Egypt in Summer of 2010 but insurance problems would prevent us from returning this summer. Hopefully we will be able to return in 2012.2011-04-04T13:04:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/29/will-egyptian-news-media-have-elected-editors/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/495.jpg4952011-03-31T14:30:45+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/31/egypts-new-party-politics/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/5-ideology.jpg5-ideologyAmid all the new political activity, here's one guy we won't see running for office. (This Mubarak campaign sign is from the 2005 elections)2011-03-31T14:26:21+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/30/muslim-brotherhood-and-coptic-christians-reaching-out-to-one-another/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn6580.jpgDSCN6580St. Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria, seat of the Coptic Pope.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn6578.jpgDSCN65782011-03-31T01:54:18+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/22/the-fine-grained-data-that-only-careful-ethnographic-work-can-yield/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn0924.jpgDSCN0924Reading the news in New Delhi2011-03-30T02:48:58+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/30/saving-my-book-from-the-evil-eye/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/evil-eye.jpgevil eyePhoto by Natalia Suit2011-03-30T14:29:52+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/23/essay-on-the-poetics-of-the-tahrir-protests-wins-prize/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/tahrirslogan.jpgTahrirslogan.jpg2011-03-30T01:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/18/vote-no-for-democracy/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/la.jpgLa!The campaign for a No vote on the Constitutional reforms is large and vigorous. 2011-03-30T01:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/18/the-marshall-plan-again/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn5450.jpgDSCN5450My wife hopes something will really come of talk about a Marshall Plan for the Middle East2011-03-30T01:52:41+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/16/will-the-us-offer-more-than-platitudes-to-nurture-democracy/2011-03-30T01:51:36+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/11/predicting-uprisings-is-like-predicting-the-weather-you-get-it-right-until-you-dont/2011-03-30T01:41:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/29/connected-in-cairo-earlier-release-date/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/cic.jpgCIC2011-03-29T11:12:08+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/13/off-the-wall-and-on-to-facebook/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/graffiti.jpggraffitiGraffiti are part of the art of the revolution.2011-03-29T01:20:01+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/28/the-anti-protest-protest/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ant-strike-strike.jpgant-strike strikeProtesters protesting the anti-protest law Sunday, March 27.2011-03-28T20:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/28/banned-egyptian-graphic-novel-coming-out-in-english/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/metro-arabic.jpgmetro-arabicPage from the original Arabic editionhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/metro-english.jpgMetro-EnglishEnglish translation of "Metro"2011-03-28T11:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/23/egypt-after-mubarak-what-next/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn8596b.jpgDSCN8596bI'm giving a public talk at Miami University on what might happen in Egypt following Mubarak's regination.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/181763_10150165581813646_647288645_8009066_6450955_n.jpg181763_10150165581813646_647288645_8009066_6450955_nPhoto by Abdelrahman Mostafa.2011-03-22T14:54:29+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/22/will-the-new-egypt-play-a-greater-role-in-africa/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/www-small.jpgwww-smallhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn5747.jpgDSCN5747The Nile is central to the life of Egypt. But it is an African river, a fact Egypt must increasingly deal with.2011-03-22T14:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/21/why-egypts-uprising-remains-important-my-model-un-address/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/logo1smaller.giflogo1smaller2011-06-13T14:13:54+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/15/after-mubarak-mob-rule/2011-03-18T00:56:49+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/08/teaching-the-uprising/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/teaching-with-the-news.jpgTeaching With the News2011-03-17T20:38:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/16/now-the-other-middle-easternists-have-to-catch-up-with-the-anthropologists/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mubarak2.jpgMubarak2What will scholars of the Middle East write and teach now that Arabs have asserted themselves against authoritative regimes?2011-03-17T10:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/06/did-cairo-influence-wisconsin-protests/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/revenue-sharing.jpgRevenue Sharinghttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/discrepancies.jpgDiscrepancieshttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/average-income.jpgAverage Income2013-08-06T17:53:32+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/12/dramas-of-nation/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/img_1508.jpgimg_1508Rituals of Unity2011-03-12T00:50:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/10/in-cyberspace-disorderly-discourses-about-the-uprising-and-its-opponents/2011-03-09T22:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/26/egypts-protest-dispersed-by-force/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/army-in-tahrir1.jpgarmy in tahrirPhoto: Al-Jazeerahttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/army-in-tahrir.jpgarmy in tahrirPhoto: Al-Jazeera.2011-03-09T21:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/09/in-cairo-communitas-is-shattered/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/womens_demo.jpgwomens_demoPhotograph by Jenna Krajeski; taken from Al-Masry al-Youm report.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dscn7587.jpgDSCN7587The predominantly Christian Moqattam neighborhood.2011-03-09T21:43:40+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/09/another-effort-to-dislodge-tahrir-protesters/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/610x_4.jpg610x_42011-03-09T21:41:12+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/06/state-security-falls-to-protesters/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/shreds.jpgshredsPhoto of shredded documents at state security headquarters in Nasr City, Cairo. Photo by Tarek Al-Araby.2011-03-09T21:16:29+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/08/the-revolution-is-being-digitalized/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/egyptremembers.jpgegyptremembershttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/iamtahrir.jpgiamtahrirhttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/jan25.jpgjan252011-03-08T18:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/03/07/connected-in-cairo-new-preface-on-the-uprisings/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/frontpage.jpgFrontpage2011-03-07T18:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/26/renaming-the-egyptian-state/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mubarkpolice-academy.gifmubarkpolice academyEgyptians have petitioned to rename the Mubarak Police Academy after Khaled Said.2011-02-27T11:33:13+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/26/the-power-of-apology-and-the-reconstructuion-of-political-culture-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/khaled-said-post.jpgKhaled Said Post2011-03-04T03:22:54+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/24/is-this-book-media-anthropology/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/06_01.jpg06_01A photo from the book. Connected in Cairo is about the forging of cosmopolitan identities in millennial Cairo. Media is ubiquitous, but does that make it "media anthropology"?2011-02-24T11:28:17+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/2011-04-29T14:12:42+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/23/after-mubarak-liberal-democracy/2011-02-23T14:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/23/after-mubarak-an-ndp-electoral-victory/2011-02-23T14:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/23/after-mubarak-a-silent-coup/2011-02-23T14:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/22/whats-next-for-egyptian-newspapers/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/495.jpg495Reading the news in Cairo--on Mohamed Mahmoud Street, just down from Tahrir Square, in fact.2011-02-22T03:32:26+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/21/the-egyptian-uprising-spanned-the-generations/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/oldandyoung.jpgoldandyoungYoung and old at Tahrir Square. Photo by Abdelrahman Mostafa.https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/multigenerational.jpgmultigenerationalThe Egyptian uprising, though planned by young activists, was a multigenerational project, says Jessica Winegar. Photo by Abdelrahman Mostafa.2011-02-21T21:07:14+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/21/on-line-islamic-activists-are-a-whole-new-political-animal/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/461.jpg461On-line Islamic youth activists have very different approaches to politics than the traditional Muslim Brotherhood leadership. 2011-02-21T13:36:35+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/20/the-revolution-of-al-ahram/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/55.jpg55People use media to manage their social relationships, emotions, and senses of personal and moral responsibility. Photo: Sophie Peterson.2011-02-20T15:46:09+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/17/a-more-democratic-islam-in-egypt/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/568.jpg568Al-Azhar University2011-02-16T22:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/15/after-mubarak-will-egypt-become-an-islamic-state/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/284.jpg284Mosque in the making. Egyptians are religious, but they don't want an Islamic government.2011-08-28T23:34:34+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/11/why-i-got-it-completely-wrong/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/day_of_anger_marchers_in_street.jpgDay_of_Anger_marchers_in_streetThere's a reason experts keep referring to these protests as "unprecedented"2011-02-14T20:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/13/from-kickback-to-payback/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/368.jpg368The poor of Egypt don't really believe they will see any of the stolen money in their pockets. But when you live hand-to-mouth, it's fun to imagine how you'd spend a thousand dollars...2011-02-14T00:06:31+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-revolution/2011-02-12T15:07:15+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/12/celebrate-like-an-egyptian/2011-02-11T22:01:18+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/resources/dramatis-personae/2011-02-11T12:38:35+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/11/the-bad-never-leave/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dscn6000.jpgDSCN6000Dozens of houses and businesses are being arbitrarily destroyed to make way for tourist development projectshttps://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mubarak.jpgmubarak2011-02-11T05:41:35+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/06/letter-to-a-christian-friend/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/partnership.jpgpartnershipImam and priest together in Tahrir to protest against tyranny.2011-02-10T12:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/10/antistructure-in-tahrir/2011-07-11T09:53:55+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/08/ritual-politics/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/police-day.jpgpolice day"The police at the service of the poor". Source: unknown.2011-02-09T19:42:48+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-now/2011-02-08T12:17:56+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/08/leadership/2011-02-08T11:42:50+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/04/168/2011-02-06T00:48:37+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/02/05/shades-of-gray/2011-02-05T20:26:14+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/2011/01/30/hello-world/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dscn7263.jpgDSCN72632011-02-04T10:30:05+00:00monthlyhttps://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-now/the-tunisian-model/2011-02-03T12:59:26+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-revolution/rigged-elections/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/59.jpg59The only choice for Egypt--literally.2011-02-02T23:15:58+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.com/egypt-rising-up/why-revolution/failing-infrastructure/https://connectedincairo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/103.jpg103Even as new commercial construction arises everywhere, the government finds it has "insufficient resources" to maintain and improve public schools and hospitals.2011-02-02T16:13:31+00:00weekly0.6https://connectedincairo.comdaily1.02026-01-21T17:58:52+00:00