| Remaking the Modern |
| [Dedication] |
| Contents |
| Figures |
| Acknowledgments |
 | INTRODUCTION |
| • | A View of al-Zawiya |
| I Was There |
| • | STUDYING THE CITY |
| • | ‘AROUSA’ IN THE FIELD |
| • | “PRAYING LIKE A FROG”: RELIGION AND THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL ENCOUNTER |
| • | “Being Here”: Returning to Academia |
| • | Globalization beyond Westernization |
| • | Multiple Spaces |
| 1. Relocation and the Creation of a Global City |
| • | Histories and Spaces |
| • | Heading West |
| • | The State, the “Modern” City, and the Old Quarters |
| • | Sadat, the Hero of Construction |
| • | Relocation and the Disciplining of Cairo |
| • | Discourses, Desires, and Hegemony |
| 2. Relocation and the Daily Use of “Modern” Spaces |
| • | El-Masaakin: A Dream and a Reality |
| • | Negotiating Modern Space and Daily Life in el-Masaakin |
| • | Struggles over the Modern |
| The Housing Unit in Daily Life |
| • | SIGNS OF DISTINCTION |
| • | ON THE BORDER BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC |
| • | The Daily Use of “Modern” Space |
| • | But What Shall I Do with My Chickens? |
| • | Dreams and Realities |
| 3. Old Places, New Identities |
| • | Dislocating the Local |
| • | Remembering Bulaq |
| • | Symbolic Capital and Baladi Identity |
| • | Social Capital and Local Identities |
| • | Raaqi versus Sha‘bi Areas |
| • | ’Asl, Space, and the “Authentic” |
| 4. Gender and the Struggle over Public Spaces |
| • | The Private and the Public as Objects of Study |
| Privacy and Modern Housing |
| • | OPEN DOORS, CLOSED HOMES |
| • | SEEING AND PRIVACY |
| • | Engendering Public Space |
| Symbolic Violence and Struggles over Public Spaces |
| • | THE WORKPLACE AND WOMEN'S ACCESS TO PUBLIC LIFE |
| • | WOMEN'S WORK AND THE USE OF PUBLIC SPACE |
| • | YOUNG MEN IN THE COFFEE SHOP |
| • | THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE VEGETABLE MARKET |
| • | Public Spaces and Collective Identities |
| 5. Religion in a Global Era |
| Ruptures and Dislocations |
| • | NATIONALISM AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY |
| • | RELIGION AND THE STRUGGLE OVER PUBLIC SPACE |
| • | The Mosque: A Space for Unity? |
| Globalization and Religious Communal Feelings |
| • | MULTIPLE STRUGGLES |
| • | MODERNITY IS LIKE A KNIFE |
| • | BEYOND WESTERNIZATION |
| • | MODERN DESIRES |
| • | Old Struggles, New Contexts |
| 6. Roads to Prosperity |
| • | Dream 1 |
| • | Dream 2 |
| • | One Building, Two Dreams |
| • | Egypt's Road to Prosperity |
| • | Magdy's Road to Prosperity |
| Keeping Him Connected |
| • | TAPES: THE ART OF HEARING |
| • | BUILDING MODERN DREAMS |
| • | MAGDY'S APARTMENT |
| Making Urban Spaces |
| • | BUILDING HOUSES, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS |
| • | REMAKING ‘EL-MASAAKIN’ |
| • | THE MAKING OF AL-ZAWIYA |
| • | New Logics and Global Dreams |
| CONCLUSION |
| • | Living with the Beast |
| • | Quiet Sounds, Visible Signs, and Moral Economies |
| • | Competing Discourses |
| Notes |
| • | Introduction: Researching “Modern” Cairo |
| • | Chapter 1. Relocation and the Creation of a Global City |
| • | Chapter 2. Relocation and the Daily Use of “Modern” Spaces |
| • | Chapter 3. Old Places, New Identities |
| • | Chapter 4. Gender and the Struggle over Public Spaces |
| • | Chapter 5. Religion in a Global Era |
| • | Chapter 6. Roads to Prosperity |
| • | Conclusion. Homes, Mosques, and the Making of a Global Cairo |
| Bibliography |
| • | Newspapers and Magazines |
| • | Dictionaries |
| • | Books and Articles |
| Index |
