Once upon a revolution an Egyptian story
"An award-winning journalist tells the inside story of the 2011 Egyptian revolution by following two courageous and pivotal leaders...and their imperfect decisions that changed the world. In January 2011, in Cairo's Tahrir Square, a group of strangers sparked a revolution. Basem, an apolit...
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| Sprache: | English |
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January 2016
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| Ausgabe: | First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "An award-winning journalist tells the inside story of the 2011 Egyptian revolution by following two courageous and pivotal leaders...and their imperfect decisions that changed the world. In January 2011, in Cairo's Tahrir Square, a group of strangers sparked a revolution. Basem, an apolitical middle-class architect, jeopardized the lives of his family when he seized the chance to improve his country. Moaz, a contrarian Muslim Brother, defied his own organization to join the opposition. These revolutionaries had little more than their idealism with which to battle the secret police, the old oligarchs, and a power-hungry military determined to keep control. Basem was determined to change the system from within and became one of the only revolutionaries to win a seat in parliament. Moaz took a different course, convinced that only street pressure from youth movements could dismantle the old order. Thanassis Cambanis tells the story of the noble dreamers who brought Egypt to the brink of freedom, and the dark powerful forces that...for the time being...stopped them short. But he also tells a universal story of inspirational people willing to transform themselves in order to transform their society...and the world"...From publisher's website |
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| Beschreibung: | xi, 274 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781451658996 9781451659009 |