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Schooling the Nation investigates the profound connections between education policy, institutional development, and political transformation in Egypt. Hania Sobhy traces how successive Egyptian governments have utilized the education system as a tool for nation-building, social control, and ideological transmission across generations.
Through detailed historical analysis, Sobhy demonstrates how schools became sites of political contestation, where state ambitions met popular resistance and individual aspirations. The book examines curriculum development, teacher training, student activism, and educational access as windows into broader questions about Egyptian nationalism, governance, and modernization.
By connecting classroom dynamics to national politics, this work reveals how everyday educational practices have fundamentally shaped Egyptian society. Sobhy’s interdisciplinary approach combines historical research with ethnographic insights, offering readers a nuanced understanding of how education intersects with power, identity, and social change in one of the Middle East’s most influential nations.
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