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Once Upon A Revolution - An Egyptian Story (Paperback)
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Once Upon A Revolution - An Egyptian Story (Paperback)
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List price R446
Loot Price R374
Discovery Miles 3 740
You Save R72 (16%)
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Award-winning journalist Thanassis Cambanis tells the "wonderfully
readable and insightful" (Booklist, starred review) inside story of
the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Cambanis brings to life 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. He
focuses on two pivotal leaders: One is Basem, an apolitical
middle-class architect who puts his entire family in danger when he
seizes the chance to improve his country. The other is Moaz, a
contrarian Muslim Brother who defies 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
wanted 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. Their courageous and imperfect
decisions produced an uprising with one enduring outcome: No Arab
leader ever again can take the population's consent for granted.
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