Tag: 1977

The Central Security Forces

Posted on 14/02/202104/03/2021 By 3arabawy

This (Arabic) study is one of the most accurate and detailed reports, I’ve come across, on the evolution of the Egyptian Interior Ministry’s Central Security Forces:

في-دهاليز-الأمن-المركزي

UPDATE: I was honored to speak with the author of the study, in a Zoom meeting.

January 1977: Egypt’s Bread Uprising

Posted on 08/12/202028/01/2021 By 3arabawy

This is the MA dissertation I wrote in 2001, on the 1977 Egyptian intifada.

MA-Thesis-Hossam-el-Hamalawy

Egypt’s hidden history of dissent

Posted on 25/01/201503/03/2021 By 3arabawy

The 25 January 2011 revolution is the product of a long process of dissent accumulation over decades in Egypt led by workers and students.

[19-1-1977] Demonstrators protesting increased food prices regroup on a rubble strewn street in Cairo Wednesday, after battling the Central Security Forces (Photo by AP)