Egypt : the elusive Arab spring / Wafik Moustafa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moustafa, Wafik, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics.

History.

Egypt--History--Protests, 2011-2013.

Egypt.

Arab Spring, 2010-.

Islam and politics--Egypt--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

[London] : Gilgamesh Publishing, 2014.

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

190853141X

9781908531414

9781908531469

1908531460

OCLC:

895008485

Publisher Number:

99960898636