Inside Egypt: The Road to Revolution in the Land of the Pharaohs

First published in 2008 with the subtitleThe Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution, this strikingly prophetic and critically acclaimed book caused an international media firestorm when it was banned by former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak. When the revolution it uniquely predicted took place in early 2011, Inside Egypt became essential reading for anyone wanting to understand what led to revolutionary upheaval in the Arab world's most populous country. In a new Introduction, the author explores the revolution itself, and ponders the still precarious future of a country he lived in for more than a decade.