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'Combines passion, scholarship and vision - a focused snapshot of this troubled moment in Egypt's history with a competent resume of how we got here. Its passion, clarity of thought and its vision should be an important contribution to the change we Egyptians know we have to make happen.' --Ahdaf Soueif
'The Editors produced an excellent and needed work, on that will certainly fill a void in the literature. In highlighting the basic issues in a straightforward manner and bringing these distinguished scholars together under one cover while at the same time, keeping their aims and discourse clear throughout the text, all involved in this project deserve our appreciation. This is one of the most up to date, critical, but academic, and well balanced work on today's Egypt. For anyone and everyone interested in Egyptian or Middle Eastern politics and society, this is the book to read.' --Tareq Ismael, Professor of Political Science, University of Calgary
'Egypt is often referred to in the Western media as "a moderate Arab state" solely on the grounds of its friendly relations with the United States and Israel. But there is nothing moderate about its poverty, corruption, and political repression, as this book so ably demonstrates. Egypt: The Moment of Change is a valuable contribution to understanding the uncertain predicament of this important country.' --Tala Asad, City University of New York, Graduate Center
'The Editors produced an excellent and needed work, on that will certainly fill a void in the literature. In highlighting the basic issues in a straightforward manner and bringing these distinguished scholars together under one cover while at the same time, keeping their aims and discourse clear throughout the text, all involved in this project deserve our appreciation. This is one of the most up to date, critical, but academic, and well balanced work on today's Egypt. For anyone and everyone interested in Egyptian or Middle Eastern politics and society, this is the book to read.' --Tareq Ismael, Professor of Political Science, University of Calgary
'Egypt is often referred to in the Western media as "a moderate Arab state" solely on the grounds of its friendly relations with the United States and Israel. But there is nothing moderate about its poverty, corruption, and political repression, as this book so ably demonstrates. Egypt: The Moment of Change is a valuable contribution to understanding the uncertain predicament of this important country.' --Tala Asad, City University of New York, Graduate Center
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While millions of Egyptians continue to demonstrate day in day out on Cairo s Tahrir square to claim freedom after 30 years of oppression and autocracy, Western commentators marvel about the timing and causes of what will soon be known as the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. ---- With remarkable foresight, Zed authors Rabab El-Mahdi and Philip Marfleet in late 2009 compiled a book explaining not only what political, economic and societal factors lead to the current uprising; but also why it is no coincidence that it happens now. Prophetically entitled Egypt. The Moment of Change , it meticulously describes the growing internal pressures the Mubarak regime has been facing over the last years, including chapters on the omnipresent torture, Islamism, and the budding social movements for democratic opening in Egypt. ---- Now that the change is happening, Egypt. The Moment of Change is the only book on the market to accessibly examine contemporary Egyptian society. With many of the chapters written by Egyptian academics and activists who are now on the very first line of the barricades, this is the one book that has all the answers.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I can't praise this book enough. It's a portrait of Egyptian society published in 2009 and so accurate is it that it describes precisely the causes of the Egyptian revolution of early 2011. If you want to understand the Egyptian revolution, then this is the book.
It's a series of well written, short essays which tackle topics related to Egyptian society, economics and politics. These essays address all the issues which the Egyptian activists in Tahrir Square addressed: the way the state controls society and limits freedom of the press and speech, neo-liberal, free market economics which lead to the impoverishment of large numbers of Egyptians and the enrichment of a few coupled with outrageous corruption, the theft of land from peasants by landlords and their hired thugs, the strike movements of the last few years and the emergence of free trades unions, the emergence of a democracy movement, an accurate and nuanced analysis of Islamist movements, the systematic use of torture as state policy and Egypt as a sub-contracted torturer for the US and the role that Mubarak plays(ed) internationally as an American and Israeli ally and as a policeman of the Palestinians.
Reading a book such as this, makes you realise that much of the media coverage of the recent events in Egypt has been poorly informed and, hence, poorly informing.
I couldn't recommend a book more than this one. This is the book for getting to grips with current events.
It's a series of well written, short essays which tackle topics related to Egyptian society, economics and politics. These essays address all the issues which the Egyptian activists in Tahrir Square addressed: the way the state controls society and limits freedom of the press and speech, neo-liberal, free market economics which lead to the impoverishment of large numbers of Egyptians and the enrichment of a few coupled with outrageous corruption, the theft of land from peasants by landlords and their hired thugs, the strike movements of the last few years and the emergence of free trades unions, the emergence of a democracy movement, an accurate and nuanced analysis of Islamist movements, the systematic use of torture as state policy and Egypt as a sub-contracted torturer for the US and the role that Mubarak plays(ed) internationally as an American and Israeli ally and as a policeman of the Palestinians.
Reading a book such as this, makes you realise that much of the media coverage of the recent events in Egypt has been poorly informed and, hence, poorly informing.
I couldn't recommend a book more than this one. This is the book for getting to grips with current events.
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I initially bought this book for my BA dissertation and found it highly useful.
However it is a book that should not just be read by students or those with an interest in Egyptian politics. This book is a collection of different essays and is a must for anyone that wants to understand the causes of the Egyptian Revolution.
However it is a book that should not just be read by students or those with an interest in Egyptian politics. This book is a collection of different essays and is a must for anyone that wants to understand the causes of the Egyptian Revolution.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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It's amazing how this book, published at the end of 2009, explains in detail what will happen in Egypt more than a year down the line from writing. Unbelievably, the editors called it 'Moment of Change', as if somehow clairevoyant. This book answered all my questions on why things in Egypt happened the way they did, where the justified anger of the people of Egypt came from, and why it all exploded now. A brilliant collection.
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