'Brothers' or Others?: Propriety and Gender for Muslim Arab Sudanese in EgyptBerghahn Books, 1. 3. 2008 - Počet stran: 204 Muslim Arab Sudanese in Cairo have played a fundamental role in Egyptian history and society during many centuries of close relations between Egypt and Sudan. Although the government and official press describes them as "brothers" in a united Nile Valley, recent political developments in Egypt have underscored the precarious legal status of Sudanese in Cairo. Neither citizens nor foreigners, they are in an uncertain position, created in part through an unusual ethnic discourse which does not draw principally on obvious characteristics of difference. This rich ethnographic study shows instead that Sudanese ethnic identity is created from deeply held social values, especially those concerning gender and propriety, shared by Sudanese and Egyptian communities. The resulting ethnic identity is ambiguous and flexible, allowing Sudanese to voice their frustrations and make claims for their own uniqueness while acknowledging the identity that they share with the dominant Egyptian community. |
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... sari-like garment community of believers And upon you, peace (response to Islamic greeting) the Nile Valley connections my nation my dear nation powdered okra; a dish made with same wedding procession ululation xii | Glossary.
... Islam and Arab nationalism have appealed to the peoples of both Egypt and Sudan, similarities in gender systems have presented commonalities, and historical Sudanese links with Egypt through kinship, trade, and political activity have ...
... Islamic and Arab cultural ideals held in common by both communities. Indeed, the concept of adab has a long tradition in Islamic thought throughout the Arab and Muslim world, as will be explored in Chapter 5. Muslim and Arab-identified ...
... Islamic Front (NIF) to power and introducing 'a coherent and systematic policy of social engineering' known as the 'Civilisation Project' (Verney 2006: 6). Non-Arab populations have been subjected, once again, to 'Arabization' campaigns ...
... Islamic conquest of Sudan. They include the Nubian-identified Mahas, Danagla, and Kenuz and the Arab-identified ... Islam alienated non-Arabic-speaking or non-Muslim groups, particularly in the southern region. It is telling that ...
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Part IIModernity and Otherness | 51 |
Chapter 3Creating Foreigners Becoming Exiles | 53 |
Chapter 4Presenting Sudanese Differences | 77 |
Part IIINeither Brothers nor Others | 95 |
Chapter 5Muslim Arab Adab and Sudanese Ethnicity | 97 |
Chapter 6A Sudanese Culture of Exile in Cairo | 121 |
Chapter 7Gender Diaspora and Transformation | 151 |
Bibliography | 171 |
Index | 179 |
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