5-0790 REVOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA:ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

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Saturday, November 19, 2011: 13:45-17:30

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This session would be of particular interest to:
Students, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Farha Ghannam (Swarthmore College) and Julia Elyachar (University of California)

Chairs: Farha Ghannam (Swarthmore College) and Julia Elyachar (University of California)

Discussants: Steven C Caton (Harvard University), Sherine F Hamdy (Brown University ) and Jessica Winegar (Northwestern University)

13:45

Space of Liberation, Liberation of Space: An Anthropological Look At Midan Al-Tahrir, Cairo

Farha Ghannam (Swarthmore College)

14:00

A Time Out of Time: Tahrir, the Political and the Imaginary

Hanan Sabea (American University in Cairo)

14:15

The Strange Case of Sally Zahran: Urban Space and Social Media In Revolutionary Egypt

Walter Armbrust (University of Oxford)

14:30

Seeing God In Tahrir: Islamic Televangelists and the Egyptian Revolution

Yasmin Moll (New York University)

14:45

After Neoliberalism: Public Goods, Collective Resources, and the January 25th Revolution In Egypt

Julia Elyachar (University of California)

15:00

break

15:15

“What Are ‘Arab Revolutions’ Expressions of? An Anthropological perspective”

Mondher Kilani (Université de Lausanne)

15:30

It's about Dignity: Tunisian Markets and Popular Protest

Laurence O Michalak (University of California)

15:45

Hybrid Vigor: Shifting Realities In Yemen

Najwa Adra (American Institute for Yemeni Studies)

16:00

The Arab Region's Forgotten Revolts: South Asian Laborers' Protests In the Emirates, 2005 - Present

Ahmed I Kanna (University of the Pacific)

16:15

Beyond Binaries: Demands for Change In Jordan

Fida J Adely (Georgetown)

16:30

Discussant

Jessica Winegar (Northwestern University)

16:45

Discussant

Sherine F Hamdy (Brown University )

17:00

Discussant

Steven C Caton (Harvard University)

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