Maha Abdelrahman
Biographic Data
| ID | 316545 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maha Abdelrahman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maha |
| FAMILY NAME | Abdelrahman |
| SIGNATURE | ABDELRAHMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1440-2070 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 112 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Trauma apps and the making of the 'smart' refugee
A market for mental health apps, designed to help millions of refugees manage symptoms of Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder and other mental health issues, has proliferated since the outbreak of the so-called refugee crisis in 2015. These bite-size, on-the-go, mindfulness-based apps have emerged at the intersection of new investment models, state-of-the-art AI and surveillance and border control regimes. Conceived of as a more cost-effective appro…
Covid-19 and the Meaning of Crisis
Crisis is a concept that has a long history; it has come to denote moments of rupture and to foreground life and death decisions necessary for its resolution. The recent deployment of the concept in broad social, economic and political spheres has not only given rise to an industry of crisis management but has also established it as a framework through which to conceive, survive and reconstruct the world. The politics of crisis and the power of c…
The Indefatigable Worker: From Factory Floor to Zoom Avatar
This contribution coins the term indefatigable worker as a lens to examine the concerted efforts by state and capital forces, since the early 20th century, to devise methods aimed to reduce mental and physical fatigue among the workforce in order to guarantee the productivity and economic health of the nation. Different interventions have targeted the worker's body from the early 20th century factory labourer to the more fragmented workforce unde…
De-exoticizing Saudi Arabia with Madawi Al-Rasheed
A Conversation with Ha-Joon Chang
Policing neoliberalism in Egypt: The continuing rise of the ‘securocratic’ state
This article examines the increasing power of the police, their centrality to the reproduction of the neoliberal global order and their dynamic relationship with various elements of the ruling elite. It focuses on the case of the post-2011 uprising in Egypt to examine how the police institution has taken advantage of the uprising to increase its power and relative autonomy. The article demonstrates the centrality of the police to the Sisi regime’…
Egypt's Long Revolution: Protest Movements and Uprisings
The millions of Egyptians who returned to the heart of Cairo and Egypt’s other major cities for 18 days until the eventual toppling of the Mubarak regime were orderly without an organisation, inspired without a leader, and single-minded without one guiding political ideology. This book examines the decade long of protest movements which created the context for the January 2011 mass uprising. It tells the story of Egypt’s long revolutionary proces…
Egypt's Long Revolution: Protest Movements and Uprisings
The millions of Egyptians who returned to the heart of Cairo and Egypt’s other major cities for 18 days until the eventual toppling of the Mubarak regime were orderly without an organisation, inspired without a leader, and single-minded without one guiding political ideology. This book examines the decade long of protest movements which created the context for the January 2011 mass uprising. It tells the story of Egypt’s long revolutionary proces…
In Praise of Organization: Egypt between Activism and Revolution
This article considers the nature of activism and revolutionary process in the twenty-first century by examining some of the dilemmas involved in Egypt's ongoing process of transformation. Over the course of only a couple of weeks Egyptian activists who, for over a decade, had protested against Mubarak and his neoliberal policies, found themselves transformed from protestors, demonstrators and strikers, members of loosely structured networks, to …
A hierarchy of struggles? The ‘economic’ and the ‘political’ in Egypt's revolution
Egypt's revolutionary process is facing serious challenges, not least of which is the absence of a broadly based movement that can harness the energy of the masses. The forces of the counter-revolution are using all means to derail the process especially by effecting a schism between ‘economic’ and ‘political’ demands where the former is portrayed as extraneous to the course of the revolution. The article demonstrates how this separation in any s…
The Transnational and the Local: Egyptian Activists and Transnational Protest Networks
Egypt's 2011 revolution will remain a landmark in the modern history of Arab politics as a model of peaceful political protest which succeeded in toppling one of the most resilient authoritarian regimes in the region. While the dramatic events astounded the world, what would be truly surprising is to assume that the 25 January revolution did not have its provenance within Egypt's opposition politics prior to this event. This contribution examines…
With the Islamists?—Sometimes. With the State?—Never!’ Cooperation between the Left and Islamists in Egypt
Recent forms of cooperation between unexpected bedfellows who have been traditional enemies of the past are making their way into the political opposition scene in different countries of the Middle East. Egypt offers an interesting example of a rising coalition between members and groups who have traditionally been arch enemies in the past, namely; factions of the Left, Islamist groups, nationalists, and an array of loosely organized opposition g…
The nationalisation of the human rights debate in Egypt
The study of nationalism in Egypt has often focused on Arab nationalism and its relevance to the post‐colonial state building process. The current article shifts the focus to the Egyptian state's strategic use of nationalism as a mechanism for survival and for shoring up its failing legitimacy. In particular, the case of the human rights debate is chosen to show the regime's most recent attempt to ‘nationalise’ a rising movement which promotes un…
NGOs and the dynamics of the Egyptian labour market
This article discusses the role that NGOs play, not in their traditional role as service providers, but as employers in the Egyptian labour market. Over the past two decades, NGOs have been offering attractive job opportunities to middle-class professionals who are disillusioned with the private sector and no longer interested in joining the state bureaucracy. The working conditions of the growing number of NGO employees, and NGOs' performance as…
The Transnational and the Local: Egyptian Activists and Transnational Protest Networks
Egypt's 2011 revolution will remain a landmark in the modern history of Arab politics as a model of peaceful political protest which succeeded in toppling one of the most resilient authoritarian regimes in the region. While the dramatic events astounded the world, what would be truly surprising is to assume that the 25 January revolution did not have its provenance within Egypt's opposition politics prior to this event. This contribution examines…
With the Islamists?—Sometimes. With the State?—Never!’ Cooperation between the Left and Islamists in Egypt
Recent forms of cooperation between unexpected bedfellows who have been traditional enemies of the past are making their way into the political opposition scene in different countries of the Middle East. Egypt offers an interesting example of a rising coalition between members and groups who have traditionally been arch enemies in the past, namely; factions of the Left, Islamist groups, nationalists, and an array of loosely organized opposition g…
A hierarchy of struggles? The ‘economic’ and the ‘political’ in Egypt's revolution
Egypt's revolutionary process is facing serious challenges, not least of which is the absence of a broadly based movement that can harness the energy of the masses. The forces of the counter-revolution are using all means to derail the process especially by effecting a schism between ‘economic’ and ‘political’ demands where the former is portrayed as extraneous to the course of the revolution. The article demonstrates how this separation in any s…
In Praise of Organization: Egypt between Activism and Revolution
This article considers the nature of activism and revolutionary process in the twenty-first century by examining some of the dilemmas involved in Egypt's ongoing process of transformation. Over the course of only a couple of weeks Egyptian activists who, for over a decade, had protested against Mubarak and his neoliberal policies, found themselves transformed from protestors, demonstrators and strikers, members of loosely structured networks, to …
The nationalisation of the human rights debate in Egypt
The study of nationalism in Egypt has often focused on Arab nationalism and its relevance to the post‐colonial state building process. The current article shifts the focus to the Egyptian state's strategic use of nationalism as a mechanism for survival and for shoring up its failing legitimacy. In particular, the case of the human rights debate is chosen to show the regime's most recent attempt to ‘nationalise’ a rising movement which promotes un…
Policing neoliberalism in Egypt: The continuing rise of the ‘securocratic’ state
This article examines the increasing power of the police, their centrality to the reproduction of the neoliberal global order and their dynamic relationship with various elements of the ruling elite. It focuses on the case of the post-2011 uprising in Egypt to examine how the police institution has taken advantage of the uprising to increase its power and relative autonomy. The article demonstrates the centrality of the police to the Sisi regime’…
NGOs and the dynamics of the Egyptian labour market
This article discusses the role that NGOs play, not in their traditional role as service providers, but as employers in the Egyptian labour market. Over the past two decades, NGOs have been offering attractive job opportunities to middle-class professionals who are disillusioned with the private sector and no longer interested in joining the state bureaucracy. The working conditions of the growing number of NGO employees, and NGOs' performance as…
Covid-19 and the Meaning of Crisis
Crisis is a concept that has a long history; it has come to denote moments of rupture and to foreground life and death decisions necessary for its resolution. The recent deployment of the concept in broad social, economic and political spheres has not only given rise to an industry of crisis management but has also established it as a framework through which to conceive, survive and reconstruct the world. The politics of crisis and the power of c…
The Indefatigable Worker: From Factory Floor to Zoom Avatar
This contribution coins the term indefatigable worker as a lens to examine the concerted efforts by state and capital forces, since the early 20th century, to devise methods aimed to reduce mental and physical fatigue among the workforce in order to guarantee the productivity and economic health of the nation. Different interventions have targeted the worker's body from the early 20th century factory labourer to the more fragmented workforce unde…
Trauma apps and the making of the 'smart' refugee
A market for mental health apps, designed to help millions of refugees manage symptoms of Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder and other mental health issues, has proliferated since the outbreak of the so-called refugee crisis in 2015. These bite-size, on-the-go, mindfulness-based apps have emerged at the intersection of new investment models, state-of-the-art AI and surveillance and border control regimes. Conceived of as a more cost-effective appro…
The nationalisation of the human rights debate in Egypt
The study of nationalism in Egypt has often focused on Arab nationalism and its relevance to the post‐colonial state building process. The current article shifts the focus to the Egyptian state's strategic use of nationalism as a mechanism for survival and for shoring up its failing legitimacy. In particular, the case of the human rights debate is chosen to show the regime's most recent attempt to ‘nationalise’ a rising movement which promotes un…
NGOs and the dynamics of the Egyptian labour market
This article discusses the role that NGOs play, not in their traditional role as service providers, but as employers in the Egyptian labour market. Over the past two decades, NGOs have been offering attractive job opportunities to middle-class professionals who are disillusioned with the private sector and no longer interested in joining the state bureaucracy. The working conditions of the growing number of NGO employees, and NGOs' performance as…
With the Islamists?—Sometimes. With the State?—Never!’ Cooperation between the Left and Islamists in Egypt
Recent forms of cooperation between unexpected bedfellows who have been traditional enemies of the past are making their way into the political opposition scene in different countries of the Middle East. Egypt offers an interesting example of a rising coalition between members and groups who have traditionally been arch enemies in the past, namely; factions of the Left, Islamist groups, nationalists, and an array of loosely organized opposition g…
The Transnational and the Local: Egyptian Activists and Transnational Protest Networks
Egypt's 2011 revolution will remain a landmark in the modern history of Arab politics as a model of peaceful political protest which succeeded in toppling one of the most resilient authoritarian regimes in the region. While the dramatic events astounded the world, what would be truly surprising is to assume that the 25 January revolution did not have its provenance within Egypt's opposition politics prior to this event. This contribution examines…
A hierarchy of struggles? The ‘economic’ and the ‘political’ in Egypt's revolution
Egypt's revolutionary process is facing serious challenges, not least of which is the absence of a broadly based movement that can harness the energy of the masses. The forces of the counter-revolution are using all means to derail the process especially by effecting a schism between ‘economic’ and ‘political’ demands where the former is portrayed as extraneous to the course of the revolution. The article demonstrates how this separation in any s…
In Praise of Organization: Egypt between Activism and Revolution
This article considers the nature of activism and revolutionary process in the twenty-first century by examining some of the dilemmas involved in Egypt's ongoing process of transformation. Over the course of only a couple of weeks Egyptian activists who, for over a decade, had protested against Mubarak and his neoliberal policies, found themselves transformed from protestors, demonstrators and strikers, members of loosely structured networks, to …
Egypt's Long Revolution: Protest Movements and Uprisings
The millions of Egyptians who returned to the heart of Cairo and Egypt’s other major cities for 18 days until the eventual toppling of the Mubarak regime were orderly without an organisation, inspired without a leader, and single-minded without one guiding political ideology. This book examines the decade long of protest movements which created the context for the January 2011 mass uprising. It tells the story of Egypt’s long revolutionary proces…
Egypt's Long Revolution: Protest Movements and Uprisings
The millions of Egyptians who returned to the heart of Cairo and Egypt’s other major cities for 18 days until the eventual toppling of the Mubarak regime were orderly without an organisation, inspired without a leader, and single-minded without one guiding political ideology. This book examines the decade long of protest movements which created the context for the January 2011 mass uprising. It tells the story of Egypt’s long revolutionary proces…
Policing neoliberalism in Egypt: The continuing rise of the ‘securocratic’ state
This article examines the increasing power of the police, their centrality to the reproduction of the neoliberal global order and their dynamic relationship with various elements of the ruling elite. It focuses on the case of the post-2011 uprising in Egypt to examine how the police institution has taken advantage of the uprising to increase its power and relative autonomy. The article demonstrates the centrality of the police to the Sisi regime’…
A Conversation with Ha-Joon Chang
De-exoticizing Saudi Arabia with Madawi Al-Rasheed
Covid-19 and the Meaning of Crisis
Crisis is a concept that has a long history; it has come to denote moments of rupture and to foreground life and death decisions necessary for its resolution. The recent deployment of the concept in broad social, economic and political spheres has not only given rise to an industry of crisis management but has also established it as a framework through which to conceive, survive and reconstruct the world. The politics of crisis and the power of c…
The Indefatigable Worker: From Factory Floor to Zoom Avatar
This contribution coins the term indefatigable worker as a lens to examine the concerted efforts by state and capital forces, since the early 20th century, to devise methods aimed to reduce mental and physical fatigue among the workforce in order to guarantee the productivity and economic health of the nation. Different interventions have targeted the worker's body from the early 20th century factory labourer to the more fragmented workforce unde…
Trauma apps and the making of the 'smart' refugee
A market for mental health apps, designed to help millions of refugees manage symptoms of Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder and other mental health issues, has proliferated since the outbreak of the so-called refugee crisis in 2015. These bite-size, on-the-go, mindfulness-based apps have emerged at the intersection of new investment models, state-of-the-art AI and surveillance and border control regimes. Conceived of as a more cost-effective appro…
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