A groundbreaking collection of writings by political prisoners in Egypt, offering a unique lens on the global rise of authoritarianism during the last decade.
This book contains letters, poetry, and art produced by Egypt's incarcerated from the eruption of the January 25, 2011, uprising. Some are by journalists, lawyers, activists, and artists imprisoned for expressing their opposition to Egypt's authoritarian order; others are by ordinary citizens caught up in the zeal to silence any hint of challenge to state power, including bystanders whose only crime was to be near a police sweep.
Together, the contributors raise profound questions about the nature of politics in both authoritarian regimes and their "democratic" allies, who continue to enable and support such violence. This collection offers few answers and even less consolation, but it does offer voices from behind the prison walls that remind readers of our collective obligation not to look away or remain silent. With a foreword by acclaimed Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji and an afterword with Kenyan literary giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Imprisoning a Revolution holds a mirror not just to Egypt but to the world today, urging us to stop the rampant abuse and denial of fundamental human rights around the globe.
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Foreword: Texts That Survived the Ashes, by Ahmed Naji
- Introduction, by Collective Antigone
- 1. Anonymous
- 2. Alaa Abd El-Fattah
- 3. Anonymous
- 4. Ayman Moussa
- 5. Ahmed Abdallah
- 6. Ahmed Gamal Ziada
- 7. Ahmed Douma
- 8. Mohamed Morsi
- 9. Mohsen Mohamed
- 10. Abdelrahman Tarek (Moka)
- 11. Mohamed Nabil
- 12. Sarah Hegazy
- 13. Yara Sallam
- 14. Ibrahim Ezz al-Din
- 15. Mostafa al-Aasar
- 16. Sanaa Seif
- 17. Patrick George Zaki
- 18. Malak al-Kashef
- 19. Khaled Lotfi
- 20. Shady Abu Zaid
- 21. Shady Habash
- 22. Galal El-Behairy
- 23. Walid Shawky
- 24. Ramy Shaath
- 25. Haitham Mohamadin
- 26. Abdelrahman ElGendy
- 27. Anonymous
- 28. Islam Khalil
- 29. Journalists in Prison
- 30. Mahienour El-Massry
- 31. Mohamed Ramadan
- 32. Mohamed El-Baqer
- 33. Collective Letters
- 34. Basma Refaat
- 35. Mona Mahmoud Mohamed
- 36. Israa Khaled Said
- 37. Ghada Abdel Aziz
- 38. Marwa Arafa
- 39. Essam Mohamed Atta
- 40. Anonymous
- 41. Ibrahim Azab
- 42. Anonymous
- 43. Anonymous
- 44. Yassin
- 45. Mahmoud Abu Zeid (Shawkan)
- 46. Song of Submission
- Afterword: A Message to Egyptian Political Prisoners, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in Conversation with Collective Antigone
- Selected Bibliography
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