The history of Cairo's football fans is one of the most poignant narratives of the January 25, 2011, Egyptian uprising. Fans became embroiled in the street protests that brought down the Mubarak regime. In the violent turmoil since, the Ultras have been locked in a bitter conflict with the Egyptian security state.
The history of Cairo's football fans is one of the most poignant narratives of the January 25, 2011, Egyptian uprising. Fans became embroiled in the street protests that brought down the Mubarak regime. In the violent turmoil since, the Ultras have been locked in a bitter conflict with the Egyptian security state.
Ronnie Close is a writer, filmmaker, and assistant professor of visual media at The American University in Cairo. His work includes the documentary More Out of Curiosity, a project that involved shooting and gathering video and other archival materials over a three-year period with the Ultras groups in Cairo, 2012-2015.
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CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1. Football, Nationalism, and Spectacle 7 2. The Catastrophe Apparatus 35 3. Hooligan Days of Sporting Dissensus 71 4. The Aesthetic Economy of Revolution 105 5. Ultras Utopia, Bodies of Possibility 135 6. Errant Futures (#trash_ahlawy) 165 Notes 191 Glossary 207 Bibliography 209 Index 219
