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The Egyptian revolution of 2011 has significantly changed the relationship between citizens, public space, and visual expression. ?Cairo: Images of Transition? traces these developments and their effects on political communication, urban space, and cultural production. The book is the first publication to offer a deep view on the relationship between aesthetics and politics in the wake of the Egyptian revolution 2011. Renowned Egyptian and international writers, artists and activists trace the shifting status of the image as a communicative tool, a witness to history, and an active agent for change.

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This edited volume provides a unique look at theEgyptian revolution by granting agency to activists anddescribing how art continually serves as a language ofcontestation. The book, however, lacks a solid theo-retical basis that situates this specific case study in thewider literature on social movements and feminist lit-erature on gender and nationalism. Anwar Mhajne, H-Net-Reviews, 3 (2016) These texts are at once inspiring, critical and reflexive. Wasafiri Issue, 81 (2015) Sehr zu empfehlen. Sebastian Gerth, MEDIENwissenschaft, 2 (2015) [The book] provides an innovative and nuanced account of the significance of images during this exceptional period. Rather than a monument to a past moment, [the book] should be seen as an effort to sustain this revolutionary opening in its various iterations, thus harnessing the generativity of these exceptional events. Mark R. Westmoreland, Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World, 4 (2015)

"""This edited volume provides a unique look at theEgyptian revolution by granting agency to activists anddescribing how art continually serves as a language ofcontestation. The book, however, lacks a solid theo-retical basis that situates this specific case study in thewider literature on social movements and feminist lit-erature on gender and nationalism."" Anwar Mhajne, H-Net-Reviews, 3 (2016) ""These texts are at once inspiring, critical and reflexive."" Wasafiri Issue, 81 (2015) ""Sehr zu empfehlen."" Sebastian Gerth, MEDIENwissenschaft, 2 (2015) ""[The book] provides an innovative and nuanced account of the significance of images during this exceptional period. Rather than a monument to a past moment, [the book] should be seen as an effort to sustain this revolutionary opening in its various iterations, thus harnessing the generativity of these exceptional events."" Mark R. Westmoreland, Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World, 4 (2015)"

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Mikala Hyldig Dal teaches at the American University of Cairo (AUC). In numerous artistic and research oriented projects she has examined the relationship between visual imagery, artistic practice and political processes, most recently in Germany, Iran, Syria and Egypt.

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