Research Catalog

Title

Egypt : the elusive Arab spring / Wafik Moustafa.

Author

Moustafa, Wafik

Publication

[London] : Gilgamesh Publishing, 2014.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Description

xxiii, 271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 22 cm

Summary

This hugely authoritative commentary on Egyptian affairs is a must have for anyone who wants to get the real picture. Egypt--The Elusive Arab Spring casts a confident eye back over a span of some two hundred years of modern Egypt's history and brings the reader right up to the essential issues underpinning what is happening in Egypt today. As an Egyptian national, Dr. Wafik Moustafa's account offers us far more than the standard fare of international commentariat. Here you have a genuine front row seat on the famous "Arab Street," with surprising insights into the idiosyncratic world presented by Egypt's press and social media. Directly, with the candor of a well-informed old friend, Dr. Moustafa shares powerful insights into how this lynchpin of the Arab world reached the crossroads it finds itself at today. It is a balanced and generally impartial account. To quote Michael Binyon, the distinguished Times columnist who introduces this book: "His account is bracing, sharp and, to many, controversial. He says things that many Arab politicians and opinion-makers would rather not hear said. "Dr. Moustafa tells us a lot about the forces that have shaped Egypt today. And his widespread contacts with the leading figures in the country's social, intellectual and political life give him a clear-sighted vantage point to warn his countrymen . . . that, unless they are very careful and learn the lessons of recent history, many of their hopes may turn out, yet again, to be disappointments.".--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Islam and politics
• Egypt
• Islam and politics > Egypt > History
• Egypt > History > Protests, 2011-
• Arab Spring, 2010-
• 2011
• History
• Arab Spring (2010-)
• Protests (Egypt : 2011-)

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Egypt and the Arab Spring -- The Muslim brotherhood and its ideologues -- Political Islam is power -- The liberal movement and its lost voice -- What went wrong with Mubarak -- SCAF and the turbulent transition -- The brotherhood's constitution of 2012 -- The Sharia -- Photographic plate section -- The United States, Egypt and the Arab World -- The Arab League -- The Arab Media -- Israel - Geopolitical reality -- Turkey - The only Muslim Middle Eastern Democracy -- The Colonel's Legacy -- The Modernisers Ismail and Fuad -- The Landscape -- Morsi and the General.

Call Number

JFD 15-2501

ISBN

• 190853141X
• 9781908531414
• 9781908531469
• 1908531460

OCLC

895008485

Author

Moustafa, Wafik, author.

Title

Egypt : the elusive Arab spring / Wafik Moustafa.

Publisher

[London] : Gilgamesh Publishing, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Chronological Term

2011

Research Call Number

JFD 15-2501