{"product_id":"democracy-is-the-answer","title":"Democracy is the Answer","description":"As the Egyptian revolution unfolded throughout 2011 and the ensuing years, no one was better positioned to comment on it-and try to push it in productive directions-than best-selling novelist and political commentator Alaa Al-Aswany. For years a leading critic of the Mubarak regime, Al-Aswany used his weekly newspaper column for \u003ci\u003eAl-Masry Al-Youm \u003c\/i\u003eto propound the revolution's ideals and to confront the increasingly troubled politics of its aftermath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book presents, for the first time in English, all of Al-Aswany's columns from the period, a comprehensive account of the turmoil of the post-revolutionary years, and a portrait of a country and a people in flux. Each column is presented along with a context-setting introduction, as well as notes and a glossary, all designed to give non-Egyptian readers the background they need to understand the events and figures that Al-Aswany chronicles. The result is a definitive portrait of Egypt today-how it got here, and where it might be headed.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarah Cleave","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42850807087165,"sku":"9781909942714","price":63.86,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781909942714_af9eeb1f-1706-4291-9501-bd8d05b791c1.jpg?v=1767072904","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/democracy-is-the-answer","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}