Over the past decade, there has been a burgeoning interest in the realm of art activism within the South West Asia and North Africa region, shedding light on the political implications of aesthetic representation. Nevertheless, a critical inquiry into how political aesthetics can formulate both discernible and imperceptible resistance strategies in response to resurging authoritarianism and counter-revolution after the 2011 uprisings in the region remains conspicuously absent. This text delves into a comprehensive examination of diverse art forms, ranging from street art and cinema to performance art, as well as music and theatre, scrutinizing the manifestations of aesthetic resilience at the epicenter of the political resistance against oppression and authoritarianism in Sudan, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria.
The authors employ a multifaceted approach to investigate aesthetic activism, encompassing analysis of visibility, ephemerality, and speech within the public sphere, the establishment and perpetuation of collective transnational solidarities, the portrayal of suppressed identities and narratives, and the innovation of alternative mechanisms for producing and disseminating art.
Introduction, (Tijen Tunali, University of Rennes 2, France, and Josepha Wessels, Malmo University, Sweden)
Chapter 1: Al Saar’a alnaa? (The street is ours?), (Erin Cory, Malmo University, Sweden)
Chapter 2: Remapping Political Music in Morocco, (Farouk El Maarouf, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, and Moulay Driss El Maarouf, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco)
Chapter 3: Creative Space and Uprising in Algeria, (Dominique Lounés Laleg, University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Chapter 4: Monumental Re-Bourguibization, (Joachim Ben Yakoub, Ghent University, Belgium)
Chapter 5: Afterimages of the 2011 Egyptian Uprisings, (Maj Bjørn Ørskov, Aarhus University, Denmark)
Chapter 6: Walls and Revolution in Sudan, (Josepha Wessels, Malmo University, Sweden, and Ahmad al-Naji, independent)
Chapter 7: Revolutionary Women in Iran, (Rassa Ghaffari, University of Genova, Italy)
Chapter 8: War on Walls, (Mansour Ali M. Al-Maswari, Amran University, Yemen)
Chapter 9: Literary Writing in Syria, (Brigitte Herremans, Ghent University, Belgium)
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