Friendly Tyrants? The Arab Spring and the Egyptian Revolution

2016 ◽  
pp. 222-248
Author(s):  
Stephen Zunes
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
The Arab Spring

scholarly journals A multimodal analysis of political satire: Webcomics and GIFs in Post-Arab Spring Egypt

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanem El-Farahaty
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Visual Design ◽  
Political Satire ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Multimodal Analysis ◽  
Sense Of Reality ◽  
Facebook Pages ◽  
The Arab Spring

The Egyptian Revolution in 2011 and the protests known as “the Arab Spring” resulted in an increase in the number of comic writers and amateurs who use specialist software to mix modes digitally for novel sign-making (Gursimesk, 2016; Lankshear & Knobel, 2008). These people draw creative forms of satire, including but not limited to political webcomics and Graphics Interchange Formats (GIFs) which exist alongside political cartoons. This article aims to employ a multimodal analysis of a sample of Egyptian webcomics and GIFs in order to highlight how visual design elements complement each other, in an effort to support translators and/or readers/viewers in their interpretation of the images and, by extension, in their ability to make sense of reality. With this aim in mind, this article combines Serafini’s (2010) tripartite approach to perception, structure and ideology; Kress and van Leeuwen’s (2006) discussion of elements of visual design, and Genette’s and Maclean’s (1991) approach to paratext. The analysis will also be informed by interviews with the founders and co-founders of two Facebook pages, and with a cartoonist working for Almasry Alyoum newspaper. First, the article discusses briefly the translation of comics or webcomics and GIFs, particularly the challenges of translating political webcomics and GIFs into English. The theoretical framework and a case study are then discussed in the second part.

The economic cost of the Arab Spring: the case of the Egyptian revolution

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 1453-1477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cruz A. Echevarría ◽  
Javier García-Enríquez
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Economic Cost ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
The Arab Spring

Female Activism and Leadership through Social Media in Egypt during the Arab Spring

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 101-137
Author(s):  
Samar Al-Barghouthi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Female Voice ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
Arab Muslim ◽  
The Arab Spring

This article provides a detailed analysis of the blog of an Egyptian female activist, Nawara Negm, during the critical period of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. The analysis presents the contents of the blog thematically, through identifying strategies and values and in terms of the author’s shifting terminology by undertaking a quantitative and qualitative analysis of Negm’s changing lexicon. The intersection of gender, nationalism, political activism, and Islam make this individual and her blog important examples of new spaces for the female voice in Arab Muslim contexts.

Copenhagen–Cairo on a roundtrip: A security theory meets the revolution

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 485-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Touzari Greenwood ◽  
Ole Wæver
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Western World ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Securitization Theory ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Revolution

Although securitization theory has been applied worldwide, it has been accused of having only limited appositeness to the non-Western world. When the Centre for Advanced Security Theory began a collaboration with the Danish–Egyptian Dialogue Institute and the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo in 2010, securitization theory was challenged on two levels: both through its employment to analyse and act politically in a Middle Eastern context, and through the attempt to do so during and after the Arab Spring, when the entire Egyptian security sector was being re-evaluated. These unique circumstances prompted reflections on the use of non-traditional and traditional security concepts, on how the Egyptian revolution could be understood through securitization theory, and on what the experiences of this project might mean for further theory development. This article discusses these points in the light of the Danish delegation’s experiences.

scholarly journals København-Kairo, tur-retur: En sikkerhedsteori møder revolutionen

Politik ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Touzari Janesdatter Greenwood ◽  
Ole Wæver
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Western World ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
Securitization Theory ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
Strategic Studies

Though Securitization theory has been applied to cases worldwide, it has been criticized for limited applica- bility to the non-western world. When, in 2010, Centre for Advanced Security eory began a collaboration with Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute and Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo, Securitization theory was challenged on two levels: e theory was to both analyse and act politically in a Middle Eastern context, and then during the Arab Spring, the role of the entire Egyptian security sector was reevaluated. ese unique circumstances prompted re ections on the use of non-traditional and traditional security concepts, how the Egyptian revolution could be understood through Securitization eory, as well as what the experiences of this project will mean for further theory development. is article discusses these points in light of the Danish delegation’s experiences. 

scholarly journals New Public Sphere dan Perkembangan Teknologi Media Sosial di Kawasan MENA (Middle East and North Africa): Studi Kasus Peranan Media InternasionalterhadapPembentukan Social Networking dalam Egyptian Revolution

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajeng Rizqi Rahmanillah
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Arab Spring

<p align="center"><strong> </strong></p><p align="center"><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p align="center"><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Massive movement of the Egyptian people, called the Egyptian Revolution, is part of a wave of democratization of the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa.The purpose of this essay is to provide information about the influence of new public sphere and media technology, to the civil society movement in the region. The public sphere is the space of communication of ideas and projects that emerge from society and are addressed to the decision makers in the institutions of society. The global civil society is the organized expression of the values and interests of society. The relationships between government and civil society and their interaction via the public sphere define the polity of society. This essay is a qualitative study using the case study method. The results of this study showed that the development of global communication media has a significant influence on the civil society to develop their skills in using information technology. This has led to the Arab Spring in Tunisia became a successful spark that triggered the revolution in Egypt. Phase emergence of Reformers in the Arab Spring wave of democratization in Egypt indicate that the movement of the Reformers strongly associated with one of the instruments of mass communication become public means of expression, to spread the idea, and eventually forms a networking in a short time</em>.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Keywords: New Public Sphere, social media, social movement, egyption revolution</em></strong></p>

scholarly journals Social Media and Power Relations during the Arab Spring Revolutions with Comparative Focus on Egypt and Tunisia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor R. Genovese
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
The World ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Mass Protest ◽  
The Arab Spring

The rate and degree of success among the Arab Spring revolutions has varied. While the reasons for this variation is undeniably complicated, one behavior that continues to have a significant effect on the dynamics of these social movements is the use of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. This paper explores the role that these communication tools played in the 2011 Egyptian revolution where the revolution succeeded in overthrowing the Mubarek regime. Compiled from local social media reports, the data has been analyzed and displays a direct correlation between the use of social media and the organization of mass protest. Furthermore, the dissemination of the local’s emotional responses via social media sites allowed for a stronger personal association from the global community. There is enough evidence to show that social media directly assisted with the organization of protests and demonstrations that helped force leaders to either step down or start reforms. Furthermore, social media spread news about these revolutions across the world, educating and humanizing the activists, which in turn helped secure international support for their cause.

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