{"product_id":"cairo","title":"Cairo: Memoir of a City Transformed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn intimate telling of the wild days of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAhdaf Soueif was born and brought up in Cairo. When the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 erupted on January 25th, she, along with thousands of others, called Tahrir Square home for eighteen days. She reported for the world's media and did, like everyone else, whatever she could.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCairo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etells the story of the Egyptian Revolution, of how on the 28th of January when The People took the Square and torched the headquarters of the hated ruling National Democratic Party, The (same) People formed a human chain to protect the Antiquities Museum and demanded an official handover to the military; it tells how, on Wednesday, February 2nd, as The People defended themselves against the invading thug militias and fought pitched battles at the entrance to the Square in the shadow of the Antiquities Museum, The (same) People at the centre of the square debated political structures and laughed at stand-up comics and distributed sandwiches and water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a map of stories drawn from private history and public record Soueif charts a story of the Revolution that is both intimately hers and publicly Egyptian.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Captures the intoxicating romance of the weeks when anything seemed possible. Souief writes with verve and passion, offering the authentic voice of the liberal Egyptian who risked everything because she wanted her country to have freedom and democracy' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Should serve as a heartening reminder of what people are capable of achieving when united and courageous' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eECONOMIST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Ahdaf Soueif is extraordinary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEDWARD SAID, author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOrientialism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A convincing and skilful writer' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Highly unusual and richly impressive'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ahdaf Soueif","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255039221960,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/cairo.jpg?v=1794488467","url":"https:\/\/educationalbookshop.com\/products\/cairo","provider":"EducationalBookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}