http://hdl.handle.net/10526/2364 This collection includes papers, presentations, and research findings related to the January 25th Revolution and Arab Spring authored by AUC faculty and students. 2013-06-18T08:22:33Z http://hdl.handle.net/10526/3544 Determining code choice: written slogans during Egyptian revolution-January 2011 Amin, Hanzada Hesham This qualitative study aims at depicting the phenomenon of the written code switching between Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Egyptian colloquial Arabic (ECA) in the written slogans during the Egyptian revolution January 2011. Findings show that ECA clauses comprise a significant percentage as observed from the survey done through the questionnaire and application of Myers-Scotton's (1993) theoretical framework of Matrix Language Frame (MLF). These findings shed light on 1) Merging between MSA and ECA is a distinctive feature in Arabic in many domains 2)The best ways to benefit from this phenomenon in AFL teaching 3)The importance of the event in documenting the Arabic language and its varieties in face of future language change;and 4) Building on Bassiouney's (2010) idea that code switching and role are related, this thesis demonstrates that the protestors chose ECA code when they wanted to express their anger and embrace their new role or identity as having power over the regime. 2013-05-27T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10526/3521 January 25 Revolution: Morsi's presidency Nagi, Mohamad On Police Day in 2011 something happened that no Egyptian, American, or Intelligence Agency around the world could have predicted. A revolution was born in Egypt, demanding the rights of the people after decades of oppression, police brutality, poverty, unemployment, and widespread corruption on every level of the state. This was nothing compared to the 1952 military coup that brought the country to where it is now, but rather a people’s revolution that had never happened before in the history of modern Egypt. A year and five months in, Egypt’s first free presidential elections ever have taken place. 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10526/3387 Applying shari'a in post-revolutionary Egypt: theory and practice revisited Mostafa, Mohammed Sameh Mohammed Theoretically, Sharīʿa is meant to be an applicable methodology of jurisprudence that governs the state legal system. Applying Sharīʿa, or calling for its application, is, further, a must for those who believe in its divinity. In the process of democratic transition in Egypt, Islamists proposed applying Sharīʿa, claiming that its mere application provides accurate solutions for the chronic problems Egypt has long been suffering from. However, the obligatory nature of applying Sharīʿa and its positive impact on the community’s total welfare are not absolute paradigms. The conditions of the society in which applying Sharīʿa is proposed should be thoroughly recognized. As with any legal system, attaining the positive outcomes of applying Sharīʿa depends on the extension to which law is dominant in society. And since “law” does not “rule” in Egypt, at least in the formal liberal sense of the term, then neither applying Sharīʿa nor any other methodology would diffuse its underlying ideology. Therefore, this thesis examines the promises and limitations of applying Sharīʿa in post-revolutionary Egypt, on both the theoretical and practical levels, and highlights the major factors that neutralized the rule of law in Egypt so far thereby undermining the claims of applying Sharīʿa today. 2013-02-12T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10526/3380 Perception of young people towards political participation in liberal political parties in Egypt post the 25th January Revolution: a qualitative study Sayed, Moataz The participation of young people in the January 25th revolution has been remarkable. A number of studies documented the little political participation of youth in the democratic transition process following the revolution. This study aims at voicing the views of some of the youth who decided not to participate in political parties post the revolution, despite their strong participation in the revolution. The study shows that these Egyptian youth are enthusiastic to participate in the political life but refrain to join liberal political parties. Using qualitative research methods of focus group discussions and in-depth interviews, the study documents the barriers young people list to their participation in liberal political parties. Issues of trust in the political parties systems, concerns about absence of internal democracy, lack of transparency were voiced. Instead, young people note their willingness to continue their participation in the political life using unconventional forms of participation including social media, demonstrations and sit-ins. Interviewed young people demand liberal political parties to be more transparent, less focused on single political figures, and with clear political platforms and mandates. 2013-02-06T00:00:00Z