Revolutionary anxieties: Defending privilege in the wake of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution

Revolutionary anxieties illuminates a largely overlooked dimension of the 2011 Egyptian revolution: the fears and uncertainties of Cairo's liberal elite, socialites and cultural actors who opposed the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood. The book offers fresh insight into the revolution's failure by examining the perspectives of those invested in preserving the status quo. Engaging with postcolonial theory and analysing elite Cairo through the lenses of gender and race, it draws on over two year...