Abstract
This thesis experiments with archival ethnography to engage with the private and intimate family documents of an Egyptian Coptic family from the 1940s and 1950s. Through such an engagement this work attempts to make sense of the problematic of memory, time, history, and identity through the archival remainders of this family as they navigate communal instability, change, and transformation that parallel equally significant socio-cultural transformations surrounding them. The intimacy of letters, handwritten notes, fragmentary notebook scraps and collections of personal and familial letters and photographs are explored to make sense of these quotidian negotiations of communal identity.
School
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
Sociology, Egyptology & Anthroplology Department
Degree Name
MA in Sociology-Anthropology
Graduation Date
Winter 1-31-2026
Submission Date
9-14-2025
First Advisor
Manuel Schwab
Committee Member 1
Hanan Sabea
Committee Member 2
Ian Morrison
Committee Member 3
Dina Makram-Ebeid
Extent
292 p.
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approval
Approval has been obtained for this item
Recommended Citation
APA Citation
Mosbeh, B. A.
(2026).Ethical Communities, Care Practices, and Social Crises [Master's Thesis, the American University in Cairo]. AUC Knowledge Fountain.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2581
MLA Citation
Mosbeh, Bahi Ashraf. Ethical Communities, Care Practices, and Social Crises. 2026. American University in Cairo, Master's Thesis. AUC Knowledge Fountain.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2581