Egyptian uprising: Redefining Egyptian political community and reclaiming the public space

Egyptian uprising: Redefining Egyptian political community and reclaiming the public space

Egyptian uprising: Redefining Egyptian political community and reclaiming the public space
Mervat Youssef, Anup Kumar Comment The purpose of this paper is to understand and explain the emergence of a public sphere and the articulation of a new Egyptian identity. We argue that the Egyptian revolution, catalyzed by the social media, was possible because the young men and women succeeded in reclaiming the public space from the apparatuses of the post-colonial state. There was a contest between the protesters and the…