10.17192/meta.2020.14.8265 Wahbe, Dina Dina Wahbe A Thug, a Revolutionary or Both? Negotiating Masculinity in Post-Revolutionary Egypt Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 14 (2020) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2020 Affect, Emotions, Egypt, Masculinity, Gender, Egyptian Revolution, Urban Poor, Politics from Below Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2020-07-14 2020-07-13 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2020/240/8265 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2020-240-82651 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2020/240/8265/8265.png 2196-629X application/pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 During the eighteen days of the Egyptian revolution, some hundred police stations in popular quarters in Cairo were burned down. Official accounts reported this as the work of baltagiya (thugs). The question of who burned the police stations serves as an entry point to problematizing the identity of baltagiya. Thus, examining the gendered affective registers linked to the baltagi (thug) is essential in understanding the potential of the revolutionary moment and the urgency with which the state had to reinstate the narrative of the baltagi as a dangerous criminal to justify mass violence and speed urban transformation projects. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 14 (2020)