Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Note on Transliteration xvii
6. Time Line xix
7. The “Last Day of the Revolution”? xxiii
8. Chapter 1. Introduction Revolution as Liminal Crisis 1
9. Prelude My Eighteen Days 21
10. Chapter 2. The Material Frame 29
11. Chapter 3. The Martyrological Frame 53
12. Chapter 4. The Disputed Grievability of Sally Zahran 74
13. Chapter 5. Martyr Milestones 99
14. Chapter 6. The Poor First 124
15. Chapter 7. Copts and Salafis Dueling YouTube Videos on the Edge of a Precipice 140
16. Chapter 8. Scripting a Massacre 157
17. Chapter 9. The Trickster in Midan al-‘ Abbasiyya 181
18. Chapter 10. A New Normal? The Iron Fist and the False Promise 206
19. Postscript. Zizo’s Suicide Letter 239
20. Notes 249
21. References 279
22. Index 305