Zeinab Abul Magd: 2 books
Militarizing the Nation
The Army, Business, and Revolution in Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Egypt's army portrays itself as a faithful guardian "saving the nation." Yet saving the nation has meant militarizing it. Zeinab Abul-Magd examines both the visible and often invisible efforts by Egypt's semi-autonomous military to hegemonize the country's politics, economy, and society...
Imagined Empires
A History of Revolt in Egypt
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the last five centuries. Imagined Empires charts modes of subaltern rebellion against the destructive policies of colonial intruders and collaborating...