Youth and the revolution in Egypt (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate) |
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| Authors: | Selim H Shahine |
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| Institution: | Lecturer in anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. His research addresses issues of social class, citizenship and the vulnerability of privilege among Egyptian elites. His email address is sshahine@uci.edu. |
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| Abstract: | The 2011 popular uprising that led to the overthrow of the Egyptian regime was initiated by groups of engaged ‘internet youth’. In this editorial I offer some personal reflections on the shift in political consciousness among Egypt's urban middle‐class youth, and on the discourse about generations that has unified Egyptians during the momentous events currently sweeping the Arab world. Whereas for members of my generation, the ‘stability’ of the Egyptian regime connoted comforts and opportunities, for today's Egyptian youth, it had come to signify no prospects for the future. |
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