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Writing the Egyptian Revolution, or: The Revolution is (not) a Story

Elliot Colla
Associate Professor/Chair
Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Georgetown University

Despite the difficulties, Egyptian writers have been publishing fictional and non-fictional accounts of the Revolution since the first days of the surprising of 2011. Even as the revolution has turned and intensified, these writers have produced an impressive corpus of novels, short stories, memoirs and graphic novels. What kinds of stories are they telling? How do their tales impact public understandings of the event of revolution itself? How does one write the story of an event still unfolding?

This event is co sponsored by:
The Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies
Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture
Department of Anthropology
Department of Comparative Literature

***Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Sylvia Lotito at slotito@uci.edu***