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OverviewA study of how the city of Port Said was created, and its spaces mutually produced and transformed through the practices of both dwellers and the state Founded in 1859, as part of the Suez Canal project and named after Khedive Said, the city of Port Said has always stood at the juncture of global, national, and local networks of forces, the city itself a reflection of many layers of Egypt's modern history, from its colonial past through to the eras of national liberation and neoliberalism. Drawing on Bruno Latour's and Henri Lefebvre's conceptual works, this study examines how the 'social' (encompassing all aspects of human life-the political, the economic, and the social) of the city of Port Said was created, and how its spaces were mutually produced and transformed through the practices of both dwellers and the state. Looking also at the temporality of these processes, Mostafa Mohie examines three key moments: al-tahgir (the forced migration that followed the outbreak of the 1967 war and remained until 1974, when Port Saidians were permitted to return to their homes following the 1973 October War); the declaration of the free trade zone in the mid-1970s; and the Port Said Stadium massacre in 2012. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mostafa MohiePublisher: American University in Cairo Press Imprint: American University in Cairo Press ISBN: 9781649032300ISBN 10: 1649032307 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 04 June 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction Port Said and the Suez Canal Stranger’s Gaze Methodology and Positionality 2 Al-Tahgir: The Production of the Self and the Other Forced Migration as a Moment of Rupture Making the Self Producing al-Aghrab 3 Shifting Modalities: From Sea Trading to Land Trading Port Said as a Place Working in the Canal The Free Trade Zone Sea Trading in the FTZ 4 Al-Simsimiya Has a Story to Tell Al-Simsimiya Performances A Brief History of al-Simsimiya 5 Remaking the City after the Port Said Stadium Massacre The Massacre and Its Immediate Effects A Response to Civil Unrest 6 Conclusions and Reflections References About the AuthorReviewsAuthor InformationMostafa Mohie is a journalist who works for Mada Masr online newspaper in Egypt. He was a documentary researcher for films on the Alexandrian trade unionist Fathallah Mahrous and on ‘Izbit Khayrallah neighborhood in Cairo. He holds an MA in cultural anthropology from the American University in Cairo. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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