Pen International denounces the latest crackdowns in Egypt.
State priorities
Amid an economic crisis, soaring inflation and austerity measures, the Egyptian state is about to join the exclusive club of nations using a Boeing 747-8 to transport its senior government executives.
Coup readings
These are some titles I recommend to understand Egypt’s 2013 military coup.
- Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi… by Amy Holmes.
- Militarizing the Nation: The Army, Business, and Revolution in Egypt… by Zeinab Abul-Magd.
- Military Politics of the Contemporary Arab World… by Philippe Droz-Vincent.
- Sinai: Egypt’s Linchpin, Gaza’s Lifeline, Israel’s Nightmare… by Mohannad Sabry.
- Sameh Naguib’s chapter in Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age.