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1919 revolution
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1919 revolution
22 min read
What’s the first image that comes to mind when you think of the 1919 revolution?
Hakim Abdelnaeem
| I want to question the approach that treats the 1919 revolution as a single narrative, condensing it
History
18 min read
The ‘fountain of youth’ and the insurgent subject of history
Ahmed El Serougui
| unpacks the category of “youth” and the crisis associated with it, through three crossings
1919 revolution
20 min read
How ordinary Egyptians embodied nationalism around the 1919 revolution
Osman El Sharnoubi
| Ziad Fahmy uses popular culture to look back at the emergence of a distinctly Egyptian identity
1919 revolution
9 min read
Ahmed Mourad and the literary insult to intelligence
Sherif Azer
| Dear Ahmed Mourad, I experienced steadily rising fury from the first page of your novel, “1919,”
1919 revolution
8 min read
Ahmed Mourad’s ‘1919’: Story of an amputated revolution
Amany Ali Shawky
| Initially, the cover image of a sad woman in her 20s with runny mascara staring diabolically into her
Opinion
Bilal Alaa
A republic deferred, forever
This process is essential for the continuation of the regime — a necessary act of political theater.
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