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Here Is a Body - Basma Abdel Aziz - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

Here Is a Body - Basma Abdel Aziz - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

"An unflinching and deeply humane masterwork by a writer of astounding talent and courage."—Omar El Akkad, author of What Strange Paradise Mysterious men are rounding up street children and enrolling them in a so-called “rehabilitation program,” designed to indoctrinate them for the military-backed regime’s imminent crackdown on its opponents. Across town, thousands of protesters encamp in a city square demanding the return of the recently deposed president.Reminiscent of recent clashes in Egypt and reflective of political movements worldwide where civilians face off against state power, Abdel Aziz deftly illustrates the universal human struggles between resisting and succumbing to an oppressive regime. Here Is A Body is a courageous and powerful depiction of the state cooptation of human bodies, the dehumanization of marginalized groups, and the use of inflammatory religious rhetoric to manipulate a narrative.

DKK 429.00
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Here Is a Body - Basma Abdel Aziz - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

Here Is a Body - Basma Abdel Aziz - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

"An unflinching and deeply humane masterwork by a writer of astounding talent and courage."—Omar El Akkad, author of What Strange Paradise Mysterious men are rounding up street children and enrolling them in a so-called “rehabilitation program,” designed to indoctrinate them for the military-backed regime’s imminent crackdown on its opponents. Across town, thousands of protesters encamp in a city square demanding the return of the recently deposed president.Reminiscent of recent clashes in Egypt and reflective of political movements worldwide where civilians face off against state power, Abdel Aziz deftly illustrates the universal human struggles between resisting and succumbing to an oppressive regime. Here Is A Body is a courageous and powerful depiction of the state cooptation of human bodies, the dehumanization of marginalized groups, and the use of inflammatory religious rhetoric to manipulate a narrative.

DKK 175.00
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Dust - Dr Xenia Nikolskaya - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

Dust - Dr Xenia Nikolskaya - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

A stunning photographic compilation of Egypt’s abandoned palaces and grand buildings Between 1860 and 1940, Cairo and other large cities in Egypt witnessed a major construction boom that gave birth to extraordinary palaces and lavish buildings. These incorporated a mix of architectural styles, such as Beaux-Arts and Art Deco, with local design influences and materials. Today, many lie empty and neglected, rapidly succumbing to time, a real-estate frenzy, and an ongoing population crisis. In 2006 Russian-born photographer Xenia Nikolskaya began the process of documenting these structures. She gained exceptional access to them, taking photographs at some thirty locations, including Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, Minya, Esna, and Port Said. These photographs were documented in the first edition of Dust: Egypt’s Forgotten Architecture , which soon after its release in 2012 became a rare collector’s item.This revised and expanded edition includes photographs from the first edition together with extra unseen images and new photographs taken by Nikolskaya between 2013 and 2021. It also includes previously unpublished essays by Heba Farid, co-owner of the Cairo-based photo gallery Tintera, and architect and urban planner Omar Nagati, co-founder of CLUSTER, an urban design and research platform also in Cairo. Dust: Egypt''s Forgotten Architecture leads us seductively into some of the most breathtaking architectural spaces of Egypt''s recent past, filled with a sense of both the immense weight and the impermanence of history.

DKK 429.00
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It's Not Your Fault - The Cairo Writers Lab - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

It's Not Your Fault - The Cairo Writers Lab - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

A collection of original short plays that focus on sexual harassment and assault in Egypt, by debut Egyptian playwrights These five original short plays, written by Egyptian students from the American University in Cairo in collaboration with Jillian Campana and Dina Amin, mark the first published plays in Egypt that deal directly with sexual harassment. Sexual crimes are not limited to the workplace or the street—they happen everywhere, from the bedroom to the café, in shops, on modes of transportation, and in businesses, homes, outdoor areas, and educational and religious institutions. They can be perpetrated by a stranger, acquaintance, friend, family member, or loved one and they can encompass many different types of sexual violence, including verbal, non-verbal, physical, or visual violence. This collection breaks social taboos by offering dramatic texts that reflect the reality of survivors of sexual harassment from multiple perspectives—families and couples, bystanders, victims and perpetrators, men and women. Many of the women portrayed in these plays are independent, educated, and well to do, but they are all subjected to varying degrees of sexual harassment and violence. Accompanied with narrative commentary that places the events in context, these plays and the issues they explore seek to challenge dominant perceptions about sexual harassment in the region and to shine light on the power imbalances and disparities that give rise to it. They will be of interest to artists, social science researchers, educators, and anyone interested in the issue of sexual harassment, and collaborative theater processes. Playwrights: Yehia Abdelghan, Marwan Abdelmoneim, Nour El Captan, Passant Faheem, Nour Ibrahim, Noran Morsi, and Omar OmarThe research on which this book is based was awarded the Times Higher Education 2023 MENA Award for Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Performances of these plays are royalty free.

DKK 288.00
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Open Gaza - - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

Open Gaza - - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

Cutting-edge analysis on how to improve life inside the Gaza Strip through architecture and design, illustrated in full-color The Gaza Strip is one of the most beleaguered environments on earth. Crammed into a space of 139 square miles (360 square kilometers), 1.8 million people live under an Israeli siege, enforcing conditions that continue to plummet to ever more unimaginable depths of degradation and despair. Gaza, however, is more than an endless encyclopedia of depressing statistics. It is also a place of fortitude, resistance, and imagination; a context in which inhabitants go to remarkable lengths to create the ordinary conditions of the everyday and to reject their exceptional status. Inspired by Gaza’s inhabitants, this book builds on the positive capabilities of Gazans. It brings together environmentalists, planners, activists, and scholars from Palestine and Israel, the US, the UK, India, and elsewhere to create hopeful interventions that imagine a better place for Gazans and Palestinians. Open Gaza engages the Gaza Strip within and beyond the logics of siege and warfare, it considers how life can be improved inside the limitations imposed by the Israeli blockade, and outside the idiocy of violence and warfare.Contributors Affiliations Salem Al Qudwa , Harvard Divinity School and Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, USA Hadeel Assali , Columbia University, USA Tareq Baconi , International Crisis Group, Brussels, Belgium Teddy Cruz , University of California-San Diego, USA Fonna Forman , University of California-San Diego, USA M. Christine Boyer , Princeton University, Princeton, USA Alberto Foyo , architect, New York, USA Nasser Golzari , Westminster University, London, UK Yara Sharif , Westminster University, London, UK Denise Hoffman Brandt , City College of New York, USA Romi Khosla , architect, New Delhi, India Craig Konyk , Kean University, Union, NJ, USA Rafi Segal , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA Chris Mackey , Payette Architects, Boston, USA Vyjayanthi V. Rao , Terreform, New York, USA Sara Roy , Harvard University, Cambridge, USA Mahdi Sabbagh , architect, New York, USA Meghan McAllister , architect, San Francisco Bay Area, USA Deen Sharp , London School of Economics, UK Malkit Shoshan , Harvard University, Cambridge, USA Pietro Stefanini , University of Edinburgh, Scotland Michael Sorkin (1948–2020) , City University of New York, USA Helga Tawil-Souri, New York University, USA Omar Yousef , Al-Quds University, Jerusalem Fadi Shayya , The University of Manchester, UK

DKK 628.00
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Reconstruction as Violence in Assad's Syria - - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

Reconstruction as Violence in Assad's Syria - - Bog - American University in Cairo Press - Plusbog.dk

A sustained critique of postwar reconstruction in Syria as a politically neutral process In 2011, emboldened by the Arab Spring, the Syrians rose up against their government. The Syrian regime used violence to suppress the protests, so that what began as pro-democracy protests eventually morphed into a civil war with heavy outside intervention. Today, the Assad regime has fallen, but large parts of the country lie in ruins, millions of Syrians are displaced, and the economy is in freefall. Reconstruction as Violence delves into the complex interplay of post-conflict reconstruction in Syria, challenging the traditionally held dichotomy between the end of violence and the commencement of rebuilding.The contributors to this volume—architects, urbanists, geographers, and historians—employ critical concepts such as urbicide, domicide, and “civilian crisis architecture” to argue against the conventional theoretical frameworks that support a neat separation of phases. They illustrate how reconstruction often extends the dynamics of conflict into the urban and social realms, suggesting that the built environment becomes a battleground for further violence. They emphasize the importance of acknowledging the historical, economic, societal, legal, and bureaucratic contexts that shape reconstruction efforts, arguing for initiatives that prioritize equity, inclusivity, and community participation. Reconstruction as Violence starkly underscores the authors’ stance that to overlook any of these dimensions, or to disengage from the reconstruction process altogether, represents a political choice with potentially detrimental effects on Syria and beyond in the Arab world, where countries like Palestine, Yemen, Libya, Iraq, Lebanon, and Sudan are undergoing similar cycles of destruction and rebuilding. It calls for a reimagined approach to reconstruction, one that fosters peace, resilience, and social justice in post-conflict societies. Contributors: Sawsan Abou Zainedin , Madaniya, London, UK Ammar Azzouz , University of Oxford, UK Valérie Clerc , Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France Emma Katherine DiNapoli , human rights lawyer, London, UK Omar Ferwati, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK Rim Lababidi , architect and independent scholar, Ohio, USA Wendy Pullan , University of Cambridge, UK Nasser Rabbat , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Hashim Sarkis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Deen Sharp , London School of Economics, UK Heghnar Watenpaugh , University of California Davis, CA, USA

DKK 772.00
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