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Translating the Mulid of Tahrir Translating the Mulid of Tahrir
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Codes of Conduct between the Mulid and the Revolution Codes of Conduct between the Mulid and the Revolution
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Semiotics of a Midan Semiotics of a Midan
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Violation and Protection of the Sanctuary of Tahrir Violation and Protection of the Sanctuary of Tahrir
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Mulid al-Tahrir and the Subversive Carnivalesque Mulid al-Tahrir and the Subversive Carnivalesque
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Managing the Political Economy of Mulid al-Tahrir Managing the Political Economy of Mulid al-Tahrir
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Mawlid: Translating Re-signified Subjectivities Mawlid: Translating Re-signified Subjectivities
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“Watching” Mulid al-Tahrir: Revolutionary Translations of Spectacle “Watching” Mulid al-Tahrir: Revolutionary Translations of Spectacle
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1 Mulid al-Tahrir: Semiotics of a Revolution
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Published:July 2012
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Abstract
Explores the newfound relationship between Egyptians and public space as well as the emergence of resignified subjectivities that developed during the initial eighteen days of revolt in Tahrir through translating the multiple significations and connotations of the word mulid (in colloquial Arabic) / mawlid (in formal Arabic), which means birth. The chapter explores how Egyptians succeeded in translating and revolutionizing their cultural heritage of mulid celebrations- a popular celebration of the birthday of a venerated spiritual figure- which became an integral part of the semiotic processes and rituals that brought forth and sustained the birth (mawlid/mulid) of the “Independent Republic of Tahrir.” By showing how mulids are occasions that disrupt and redefine not just public space but public order as well, the chapter maps out the continuing contest over the real space of Midan al-Tahrir that transcended its local physical meanings to become a global contest over space(s) of tahrir (liberation) worldwide. Tahrir is not just about re-signified public space and public order but equally about re-signified subjectivities at both the collective and individual levels.
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