Egypt's revolution: Five years on Caabu briefing with journalist and author Jack Shenker

Egypt's revolution: Five years on 

Caabu briefing with journalist and author Jack Shenker 

Caabu would like to invite you to an event on Egypt's revolution: five years on, with journalist and author of The Egyptians: A Radical Story, Jack Shenker.

When: Tuesday, 22 March, 18:30 - 20:00.

Where: Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament, London, SW1A 0AA

Click here for directions. Portcullis House is marked 4 on the map. Please leave 20 minutes to get through security.

Chair: Rt. Hon. David Jones MP

As places are limited, RSVP is essential. Please confirm your attendance with Joseph Willits (willitsj@caabu.org).

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About the Speaker:

Jack Shenker is a journalist and author based in London and Cairo, whose reporting has spanned the globe. Formerly Egypt correspondent for the Guardian, his coverage of the Egyptian revolution received multiple prizes. In 2012, his investigation into the deaths of African migrants in the Mediterranean was named news story of the year at the prestigious One World media awards. His first book, 'The Egyptians: A Radical Story', was published by Allen Lane / Penguin in January 2016. Read more about Jack on his website here.

He Tweets at @hackneylad.

About the book:

Five years on from the start of Egypt's revolution, and counter-revolution, 'The Egyptians: A Radical Story' interrogates the country's turmoil from below - and argues that its struggles are intimately enmeshed with global patterns of oppression and resistance which stretch well beyond Egypt's borders.

Published by Allen Lane and Penguin Books, 'The Egyptians' looks past the presidential palace and explores more important faultlines: the far-flung communities waging war against transnational corporations, the men and women fighting to subvert long-established gender norms, the workers dramatically seizing control of their own factories, and the cultural producers (novelists, graffiti artists and illicit bedroom DJs) appropriating public space in defiance of their repressive and violent western-backed regime.

You can find the book on Amazon, or The Hive .

Two extended extracts from the book are available online: 'The future of the Egyptian Revolution' in the Guardian, and  'Egypt: Snapshots of a Revolution' in Medium

You can also read reviews in the Economist, RedPepper, The Guardian, openDemocracy and the Independent.