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5-0790 REVOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA:ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Saturday, November 19, 2011: 13:45-17:30

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

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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