Who represents the revolutionaries? examples from the Egyptian revolution 2011
Authors
Mellor, NohaIssue Date
2013-11-12Subjects
Egyptian uprisingEgypt
Egyptian revolution
Arab uprisings
L243 Politics of a specific country/region
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Recently, there has been a debate among Egyptian intellectuals about who ideally represents the Tahrir (liberation) revolutionaries. This article reflects on this debate with a focus on selected examples of middle-class liberal revolutionaries and their mediated accounts of the so-called Battle of Camel, which took place on 2 February 2011. The examples help illustrate how the mediation and construction of this event enforces the image of protestors as secular middle class, thereby relegating to the background the role played by religious groups such as the influential Muslim Brotherhood. The accounts also marginalized working-class voices, although this group significantly contributed to the success of the revolution. The selected examples indicate the dynamism of the protests as a multi-layered text and a cultural artefact, open to multiple interpretations with regard to the representation of the revolutionaries.Citation
Mellor N. (2013) 'Who represents the revolutionaries? examples from the Egyptian revolution 2011', Mediterranean Politics, 19 (1), pp.82-98.Publisher
Informa {UK} LimitedJournal
Mediterranean PoliticsAdditional Links
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13629395.2013.826446Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1362-9395ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/13629395.2013.826446