ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates so-called 'homeland politics' during and after the revolutionary upheavals in Egypt and analyses how Egyptians abroad participated in political processes between 2011 and 2013. It explains the mobilizations that took place during and after the uprising. The chapter analyses the similarities and differences between these mobilizations by looking at migration processes and the development of 'diaspora policies', as well as policies targeting homeland politics in the respective country of residence. It argues that the jurisdictions of both the sending and the receiving country affect the political behaviour of migrants and their children towards their country of origin. The chapter demonstrates how migration processes, diasporic policies of the country of origin, and the political opportunity structure of the receiving country influence the shape and form of transnational protests. Egyptian migration to Austria is smaller in scale and less recent than Egyptian migration to France or Great Britain, but is somewhat comparable in numbers to Egyptian migration to Germany.
