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On the State of Egypt: What Made the Revolution Inevitable

On the State of Egypt: What Made the Revolution Inevitable

Wright, Jonathan
Aswany, Alaa Al

Paperback

General Political Science

ISBN10: 0307946983
ISBN13: 9780307946980
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: Mar 25 2011
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.36 Depth: 8.02
Language: English
Alaa Al Aswany is among the best writers in the Middle East today, a suitable heir to the mantle worn by Naguib Mahfouz, his great predecessor. -Jay Parini, The Guardian (UK)

From one of Egypt's most acclaimed novelists, here is a vivid chronicle of Egyptian society, with penetrating analysis of all the most urgent issues--economic stagnation, police brutality, poverty, the harassment of women and of the Christian minority, to name a few--that led to the stunning overthrow of the Mubarak government. Al-Aswany addresses himself to all the questions being asked within Egypt and beyond: who will be the next president, and how will he be chosen in a land where heretofore only simpletons, opportunists and stooges involved themselves with elections? What role will the Muslim Brotherhood play? How can democratic reforms be effected among a people used to such contradictions as the religiously observant policeman who commits torture? In a candid and controversial assessment of both the potential and limitations that will determine his country's future, Al-Aswany reveals why the revolt that surprised the world was destined to happen.

[The] star of a new generation of Egyptian novelists. -The Independent (UK)

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