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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453597003321

Autore

Tadros Mariz

Titolo

Copts at the crossroads : the challenges of building inclusive democracy in contemporary Egypt / / Mariz Tadros

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cairo : , : American University in Cairo Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-61797-547-8

1-61797-358-0

1-61797-496-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Copts - Egypt - Politics and government

Democracy - Egypt

Electronic books.

Egypt Politics and government 1981-2011

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

978977416591; 978977416591; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the light of the escalation of sectarian tensions during and after Mubarak's reign, the predicament of the Arab world's largest religious minority, the Copts, has come to the forefront. This book poses such questions as why there has been a mass exodus of Copts from Egypt, and how this relates to other religious minorities in the Arab region; why it is that sectarian violence increased during and after the 2011 Revolution, which epitomized the highest degree of national unity since 1919; and how the new configuration of power has influenced the extent to which a vision of a political order