Biographies of Port Said: Everydayness of State, Dwellers, and Strangers: Cairo Papers in Social Science...

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Mostafa Mohie

Biographies of Port Said

Everydayness of State, Dwellers, and Strangers: Cairo Papers in Social Science Vol. 36, No....

Mostafa Mohie

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American University in Cairo Press
14 May 2024

Society & Social Sciences; Social interaction; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Cairo Papers in Social Science

A 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.

By: Mostafa Mohie
Imprint: American University in Cairo Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9781649032300
ISBN 10: 1649032307
Series: Cairo Papers in Social Science
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 14 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Acknowledgments 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 Author

Mostafa 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.