Why does group loyalty sometimes take the form of cooperation or peaceful competition with
rival groups and, at other times, violent outgroup hostility? We approached this question …

In Revolution Squared Atef Shahat Said examines the 2011 Egyptian Revolution to trace the
expansive range of liberatory possibilities and containment at the heart of every revolution …

In this dissertation, I approach Cairo's famed Tahrir Square as both a political space and a
lens for understanding the successes and failures of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 …

Anarchist ideas have witnessed a renaissance in the last two decades not only in social
movement practices and tactics. Usually, the 'Battle of Seattle'at the WTO summit in 1999 …

Russian President Vladimir Putin's status as the common enemy of football fans throughout
Ukraine is well established. The song “Putin Khuylo”(“Putin is a dickhead”), created by …

The Egyptian revolution of 25 January 2011 was set against a background of ongoing police
brutality, widespread government corruption, high rates of poverty and the possible …

The twenty-ninth episode of the highly celebrated, state-sponsored Ramadan telenovela
miniseries, al-Ikhtiyar (The Choice), 1 focused on the role of the police in revealing, tracing …

Football fans are an essential part of the football industry, accompanying the development of
the sport from its modern beginnings. It is particularly evident in the numerous publications …

Football and politics have always been entangled in Africa since the arrival of the game from
Europe. This chapter traces that relationship from the early days of colonial governments in …

In this chapter, I survey the football fandom ecosystem in Egypt. I first describe the media
environment around the sport and chart out the geographic structure of fan support for teams …