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The Egyptian dream : Egyptian national identity and uprisings / Noha Mellor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mellor, Noha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, Egyptian.
- Political culture--Egypt.
- Political culture.
- Egypt--Civilization--21st century.
- Egypt.
- Egypt--History--Protests, 2011-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 190 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, [Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book argues that the fragmentation in the political scene reflects the increasing social division as an outcry to (re-)define the Egyptian national identity.
- Contents:
- Mother Egypt : the gift of the Nile
- Ibn al-balad : the true son of Egypt
- Misri Effendi : the squeezed middle class
- The 'As if' state
- Tools of mass persuasion
- Language of division or unity?
- The intellectual's identity crisis
- When Egyptians revolt.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Sep 2016).
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 18, 2016).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-1883-X
- 1-4744-0320-4
- OCLC:
- 1301547812
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