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Forum: Land, politics and dynamics of agrarian change and resistance in North Africa

Peasants, dispossession and resistance in Egypt: an analysis of protest movements and organisations before and after the 2011 uprising

Paysans, dépossession et résistance en Égypte : analyse des mouvements et organismes de protestation avant et après la révolution de 2011

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