Education, Citizenship and Contestation in the Middle East

Hania Sobhy

This research project is a comparative study of education, citizenship and contestation in the Middle East following two waves of uprising. Focusing on the cases of Tunisia, Lebanon and Egypt, it examines the transformations in the pre-university education sectors as they relate to citizenship, diversity and contestation and inquires into teacher narratives and practices of 'lived and imagined citizenship’ in this critical historical period. Most of the fieldwork for this project is planned for 2023..