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`...[written] with feeling, backed up by an impressively broad list of sources as well as sharp critical insight and astute judgement.' --The Economist, 13th November 2010
`Well researched and closely argued book.'
--John R Bradley, Literary Review, December/January 2010
`Well researched and closely argued book.'
--John R Bradley, Literary Review, December/January 2010
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Famous until the 1950s for its religious pluralism and extraordinary cultural heritage, Egypt is now seen as an increasingly repressive and divided land, home of the Muslim Brotherhood and an opaque regime headed by the aging President Mubarak. In this immensely readable and thoroughly researched book, Tarek Osman explores what has happened to the biggest Arab nation since President Nasser took control of the country in 1954. He examines Egypt's central role in the development of the two crucial movements of the period, Arab nationalism and radical Islam; the increasingly contentious relationship between Muslims and Christians; and perhaps most important of all, the rift between the cosmopolitan elite and the mass of the undereducated and underemployed population, more than half of whom are aged under thirty. This is an essential guide to one of the Middle East's most important but least understood states.
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An insight into change,
By Ash (Glasgow) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak (Paperback)
I bought this book shortly after I returned from my trip to Egypt. Although my first ever trip there, I was shocked by the appearance of Cairo. Right next to the National Museum of Egypt which is a tourist stop for all, are the burnt out headquarters of Mubarak. Tahrir Square has become a landmark that tour guides point out whilst talking into their microphones on crowded buses. This book was a harrowing insight into what seems to have changed suddenly but was actually a gradual build up and boiling over of a serious of political issues which led a country to revolt against their president. A must read if you're interested in more than what the BBC has to offer.
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A balanced and timely account of Pre Revolutionary Egyptian Society,
By docread "drmagdi" (norwich) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak (Paperback)
With the unfolding of the momentous revolutionary events in Tahrir Square, there was a great need to obtain an accessible yet authoritative work to explain the tortuous political journey and the woeful Socio Economic state of the contemporary Egyptian Society that led to the toppling of one of the most stable regimes in the Middle East.This book offers a comprehensive and balanced account which one would warmly recommend as it is far more insightful than the recently published light journalistic essays as J Bradley's " Inside Egypt" or J West's " Karama" which rely on impressions garnered during travels or short stays.The cheaper revised edition is the one to obtain as it contains a more up to date concluding chapter which takes into account the post Revolution developments and provides a judicious analysis of the potential interaction scenarios between the different agents and stakeholders i.e.the Military, the Muslim Brothers , the secular forces and the Salafists.The author carefully assesses the future of Egypt as a regional player and the long term effects of the creation of a conservative Islamic state on its relationship with the US and Israel. My only reservation is the indiscriminate use of the term" liberal" scattered in the text to describe widely diverse and antagonistic political positions.For instance the epithet liberal is attached to all secular political groupings as opposed to the conservative Islamists.Not only a large number of the so called liberals are hankering after an authoritarian regime but recent history shows that Secular Modernisers are not necessarily liberal or democratic even when they adopt the tenets of Neo-Liberal Capitalism.The influential capitalist elite after all provided the backbone support to the opportunist Cronyism of the now defunct regime.Later in the text some of the so called liberal Islamists are praised for accepting the democratic game while they still assert the essential inequality of women and Christians. Nevertheless this work should prove a milestone in the political literature after the Arab Spring for its incisive analysis and cogent arguments.Certainly a compelling enlightening read.
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Fascinating stuff,
This review is from: Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak (Paperback)
Pretty well written and with some interesting points about the transformations in Egyptian society, politics, culture and the economy. Useful also to PhD students who are looking for guidance on how to construct a narrative that synthesises change within a society or culture that can then be used as a framework for analysing a particular topic.
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