The Struggle for Citizenship Education in Egypt

This book offers nuanced analyses of the narratives, spaces, and forms of citizenship education prior to and during the aftermath of the January 2011 Egyptian Revolution. To explore the dynamics shaping citizenship education during this significant socio-political transition, this edited volume brings together established and emerging researchers from multiple disciplines, perspectives, and geographic locations. By highlighting the impacts of recent transitions on perceptions of citizenship and citizenship education in Egypt, this volume demonstrates that the critical developments in Egypt's schools, universities, and other non-formal and informal spaces of education, have not been isolated from local, national, and global debates around meanings of citizenship.

Jason Nunzio Dorio is a Lecturer at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. Ehaab D. Abdou is a Ph.D. Candidate at McGill University's Department of Integrated Studies in Education, Canada. Nashwa Moheyeldine is an instructor at the Professional Educators Diploma of the School of Continuing Education, at the American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt, and a senior instructor at the Teaching Effectiveness Unit at Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt.

Foreword Nagwa Megahed Introduction Jason Nunzio Dorio, Ehaab D. Abdou, and Nashwa Moheyeldine Part I Pre-Revolution: Spaces of Citizenship Reproduction and Resistance 1 Envisioning hope in post-revolutionary Egypt through critical citizenship education Jason Nunzio Dorio, Ehaab D. Abdou, and Nashwa Moheyeldine 2 Latent Heat: Changing Forms of Activism Under Repressive Regimes From Formal Institutions to Disruptive Social Movements Shireen Zayed 3 Social Media as a new space for Citizenship and Resistance in Egyptian Public Sphere Yousra Omar El Farouk 4 Educated hope in Cairo: The formation of young Muslim citizens Sara Lei Sparre 5 Re/production of the loyal Muslim Egyptian citizen: physical spaces, everyday rituals, and discourses in schools Mamdouh Fadil Part II Post-Revolution: Citizenship Narratives and Spaces in Schools and Universities 6 Discourses Around Nubians: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Egyptian Social Studies and History Textbooks Nesma Mansour 7 One subject, various understandings: Secondary School Student perceptions of citizenship in Post-Revolutionary Egypt Nashwa Moheyeldine 8 Between Local and Global Citizenship in Egypt Sara O. Ahmed 9 Global Citizenship Education In A Digital Age: A Collaborative Autoethnography Maha Bali, Azza Awwad, Fatma Halawa, Fadila Hassib, Jana Khalifa, and Fayrouz El Serougy 10 Citizenship negotiation in spaces of non-formal education: Student activities in Egyptian public universities Farah Ramzy 11 Towards a Holistic Journey of Self-authorship: Impacts of Community Engagement on intercultural Maturity and Global Citizenship of University Students in Egypt Noha Desouky Aly Part III Nonformal and Informal Spaces of Citizenship Education 12 Unschooling and opportunities for boosting citizenship in Egypt Nouran S. Ahmed 13 Rite of Passage? Child Laborers, Education and Identity in Egypt Koboul E. Mansour 14 Alternative Spaces for Civic Engagement: The Phenomenon of Coworking Spaces in Egypt Abeer Rabei and Shereen Aly 15 Egyptian History without "Gatekeepers": Non-Formal History Learning in Post-2011 Egypt Nayera Abdelrahman Soliman and Mohamed Yehia