Whatever happened to the Egyptian revolution?
By: Galal Amin ; translated by Jonathan Wright
Contributors: Wright, Jonathan, 1953-, translator
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cairo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9789774165894
Subjects: History; Politics and government; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Revolutions
Work titles: Mādhā ḥadatha lil-thawrah al-Miṣrīyah?
Description: "In his latest exploration of the Egyptian malaise, Galal Amin first looks at the events of the months preceding the Revolution of 25 January 2011, pointing out the most important factors behind popular discontent. He then follows the ups and downs (mainly the downs) of the Revolution: the causes of rising hopes and expectations, mingled with successive disappointments, sometimes verging on despair, not least in the case of the presidential elections, when the Egyptian people were invited to choose between a rock and a hard place. This is followed by an outline of a possible brighter future for Egypt, based on a more balanced and faster growing economy, and a more democratic and equitable society, within a truly independent, modern, and secular state. The story of what happened to the 2011 Revolution may be a sad one, but if viewed within the larger context of Egypt's economic and social developments of the last century, on which the author's previous books threw very useful light, it can be regarded as one important step forward toward a much better future."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Causes of the revolution. Worse that unemployment; title: Appropriating public property; title: Bequeathing the unbequeathable; title: Selling the unsellable; title: Spurious nationalism; title: A police state; title: pt. 2. Reasons for hope. Harbingers of revolution; title: January 25; title: pt. 3. Reasons for concern. A revolution or a coup?; title: The mysteries of the Egyptian revolution; title: Muslims and Copts; title: pt. 4. Prospects for the future. The economy; title: Democracy; title: Social justice; title: Dependency; title: A secular state; title: Afterword : an abortive revolution?