Uttering 'Karama', demanding 'Dignity': Egyptian youth in a postcolonial context in 2011.
The analysis in this article nestles the Egyptian youth demand for dignity, specifically the demand for 'karama' as part of a broader landscape of indignities in 2011 in Egypt and beyond. The key argument in this paper is that Egyptian youth were able to benefit from a global context of simultaneous...
| Publicado en: | Journal of North African Studies Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 228 - 248 |
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Mar2026
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