Revisiting Egypt’s Revolution and Counterrevolution
CCAS is hosting Dr. Mona El-Ghobashy, author of the critically acclaimed book Bread and Freedom: Egypt’s Revolutionary Situation (Stanford University Press) and Dr. Atef Said, author of the forthcoming book Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities and Counter-Revolution in Egypt (Duke University Press). This event is hybrid and will be held in person at the Intercultural Center (ICC) CCAS Boardroom and on Zoom. Register here.
Though a decade has passed since Egypt’s 2011 revolution, many pressing questions still linger regarding the nature of this popular uprising, the democratic experiment it brought about, and the military counterrevolution that tragically rolled it back. In this event, two prominent scholars of Egypt, each with recent or forthcoming books on the revolution and counterrevolution, will share their insights on this pivotal moment in Egypt’s history.
About the authors:
Dr. Mona El-Ghobashy is a scholar of the history and sociology of politics in Egypt and the broader Middle East and North Africa. Her research examines the politics of law and courts, the varieties of protest, and the dynamics of limited elections in contemporary Egypt. She is Clinical Associate Professor in Liberal Studies at New York University, where she teaches courses on democratization, revolution, Middle East history and politics, and seminars on the craft of research.
Dr. Atef Said is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research engages with the fields of sociological theory, political sociology, historical sociology, and sociology of the Middle East. His book Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities and Counter-Revolution in Egypt, is forthcoming from Duke University Press. He is currently working on two concurrent projects. The first explores the future of revolutions, from the lens of decolonial epistemologies. The second project investigates the global rise of neo-liberal authoritarianism over the past two decades, within historically established democracies and non-democracies alike.