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Watching the revolution of January 2011?? the world saw Egyptians?? men and women?? come together to fight for freedom and social justice. These events gave renewed urgency to the fraught topic of gender in the Middle East. The role of women in public life?? the meaning of manhood?? and the future of gender inequalities are hotly debated by religious figures?? government officials?? activists?? scholars?? and ordinary citizens throughout Egypt. Live and Die Like a Man presents a unique twist on traditional understandings of gender and gender roles?? shifting the attention to men and exploring how they are collectively "as gendered subjects. It traces how masculinity is continuously maintained and reaffirmed by both men and women under changing socio-economic and political conditions. Over a period of nearly twenty years?? Farha Ghannam lived and condu"ed research in al-Zawiya?? a low-income neighborhood not far from Tahrir Square in northern Cairo. Detailing her daily encounters and ongoing interviews?? she develops life stories that reveal the everyday practices and struggles of the neighborhood over the years. We meet Hiba and her husband as they celebrate