Emily Golson is a Professor of Language and Literature at the University of Northern Colorado. She served as the first Chair of the Department of Rhetoric and Composition at the American University in Cairo and has published over 30 articles, studies, and chapters on rhetoric and composition in several journals and books. Toward, Around, and Away from Tahrir is her second co-edited collection of essays that features a variety of approaches to problematic topics. Loubna Youssef is Professor and Chair of the Department of English Language and Literature in the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University. She has published over sixteen book chapters, articles and studies and translated Egyptian short stories and novels. She has also served as a radio announcer for Radio Cairo and hosted two cultural programs on “Egyptian Treasures” and “21st Century Egypt” for the Local European Service of Cairo Radio. Amanda Fields is a PhD Candidate in Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Arizona. She taught writing for four years in the Department of Rhetoric and Composition at the American University in Cairo, and has published creative writing in several literary journals. Her academic work on slam poetry and youth communities is forthcoming in two journals.