“Only war makes it possible to mobilize all of today’s technical resources while maintaining the property system.”

- Walter Benjamin, 1936

About Dina El Sharnouby

Dina El Sharnouby is an Adjunct Instructor in Sociology/Anthropology at the American University in Cairo who does research on issues related to youth and the revolution.

Articles by Dina El Sharnouby

Egypt needs a change, not in regime, but in cultural logic

Dina El Sharnouby 10 February 2013

Restructuring of institutions to create a more efficient bureaucracy free from corruption so that Egyptians no longer depend on the mercy of governmental officials to procure their basic needs of daily supplies and services is a priority.

Egyptian implications of an enforced constitution

Dina El Sharnouby 17 December 2012

What will the activists in Tahrir Square demand next, once the constitution is passed? Is it expected that they will simply get up and leave after having been at Tahrir Square for almost one month?

Enough with the mess

Dina El Sharnouby 3 December 2012

The opposition, the liberals and seculars at Tahrir need to avail themselves of the new spaces that they could use to mobilize people, through demands and slogans better suited to the historical moment in which we live and better calculated to have a broad appeal.

Commodifying Islam in Egypt

Dina El Sharnouby 19 November 2012

Tahrir Square has recently been taken over by the Salafists to demand Islamic rule in the constitution and hence in Egyptian society at large.

Bye-bye Egypt - we cannot take the traffic any more

Dina El Sharnouby 4 November 2012

Cairo’s urban planning is separating the classes.

Disappointing outcomes of a student strike at the American University in Cairo

Dina El Sharnouby 8 October 2012

Reflecting on the student movement at AUC since 2011, some serious changes have taken place. What was once a student movement in collaboration with faculty has now turned into a student only movement.

Being all things to all men

Dina El Sharnouby 23 September 2012

Naturally, people demonstrate to demand better living conditions, yet the Muslim Brotherhood has acquired the habit of showing their presence in the public space, even when they are the ruling party. And they don’t seem to want to quit.

A new bearded face to the Egyptian police?

Dina El Sharnouby 9 September 2012

On Wednesday, September 5, the request some police officers lodged to be allowed to grow a beard, was rejected.

Is it possible to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood?

Dina El Sharnouby 26 August 2012

Though you might quarrel with the Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm the FJP, how will dissolving them “protect” the “rest” of the population?

Rapid remedies to calm down an Egyptian public after the Sinai attacks

Dina El Sharnouby 13 August 2012

Egypt is mourning its soldiers and even more so Egypt’s future and the possible political implications.

Morsi’s 100-day plan to rebuild Egypt

Dina El Sharnouby 29 July 2012

Many are restless and hope for ‘change’, which often translates into ‘any kind of change’; yet which path to choose is still unclear and for many not even an issue to be considered for now.

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