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Coup readings

Posted on 01/09/202301/09/2023 By 3arabawy

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.

Goldgate

Posted on 23/08/202322/08/2023 By 3arabawy

My appearance on Zambia’s Diamond TV, discussing the plane seized in Lusaka with shady ties to Egypt.

New US arms sales to Cairo

Posted on 22/08/202322/08/2023 By 3arabawy

The US government has awarded

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri … a $14,696,295 firm-fixed-price order (N0001923F2630) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0006). This order procures one Harpoon Weapon System (HWS) joint common test set (JCTS); one two-year HWS JCTS interim spares kit, and technical manuals. Additionally, this order provides JCTS weapons station installation and checkout, installation and checkout equipment loan, temporary shipment/loan of tools, weapon station training, JCTS checkout and calibration support, and engineering technical services for the government of Egypt. Work will be performed in St. Charles, Missouri (69%); Alexandria, Egypt (13%); Smithfield, Pennsylvania (8%); Orange Park, Florida (3%); Piedmont, Missouri (2%); Union, Missouri (2%); St. Petersburg, Florida (1%); Huntsville, Alabama (1%); and Galena, Kansas (1%), and is expected to be completed in June 2028.