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You have not yet been defeated : selected works 2011-2021 / Alaa Abd el-Fattah ; foreword by Naomi Klein ; translated by A Collective.

Abd el-Fattah, Alaa, 1980- (author.). Klein, Naomi, 1970- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"Arguably the most high profile political prisoner in Egypt, if not the Arab world, Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been in prison for most of the last seven years. You Have Not Yet Been Defeated collects his writings between 2011-2019, many of them smuggled out of his cell"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781644212455
ISBN: 1644212455
Physical Description: 398 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: New York : Seven Stories Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

2011. Who Will Write the Constitution? -- To be with the Martyrs, for that is Far Better -- Keynote Speech to Rightscon 2011 -- Return to Mubarak's Prisons -- The Hostage State -- Half an Hour with Khaled -- Nothing to Celebrate -- 2012. Why are the Youth at the Ministry of the Interior? -- Gaza : on Being Prisoner to Your Own Victory -- Impossible Solutions -- Constitutional Protocol -- 2013. Dear Customer, Thank You for Holding -- On the Second Anniversary -- New Case : Insulting the Judiciary -- Four Tweets on State Violence -- Solidarity Strikes -- History Repeating Itself -- Schrödinger's Coup -- Asmaa -- After the Churches -- Above the Sound of the Battle -- What Happened at Abu Zaabal -- You Know that the Killing Was Random -- Notes on the 'Reclaiming the Revolution' Narrative -- Who Represents the Bourgeoisie? -- The Righteous Path -- My Imminent Arrest -- 2014. Graffiti for Two -- Autism -- Everybody Knows -- Lysenko Country -- Interview with Democracy Now! -- Game of Thrones -- I've Reached myLimit -- Your Legacy -- Memorial Service for Ahmed Seif El-Islam -- On the Sakharov Prize -- Five Posts -- 2016. The Only Words I can Write -- The Birth of a Brave New World 1: Between Uber and the Luddites -- The Birth of a Brave New World 2: Atoms and Bits-- The Birth of a Brave New World 3: Who can Compete with Uber? -- 2017. A Portrait of the Activist Outside His Prison -- You have not yet been Defeated -- 2019. The Ghost of Spring -- On Probation -- Interview with Mada Masr -- When I Left You -- The Weight of the World -- On the Anniversary of Rabaa -- Vengeance in Victory: a Personal Introduction -- On BDS -- Five Metaphors on Healing -- Statement to the Prosecutor -- 2020. Statement to the Prosecutor --Statement to the Prosecutor -- The Pandemic Has Reached Our Prisons -- A Handwritten Note -- 2021. I. The Seven Courses of Change -- II. Six major crimes impeding change -- III. Five axes of polarization -- IV. Four corners of the political compass -- V. Three necessary sacrifices -- VI. Two narrativesabout the past for the sake of the future -- VII. Unity -- Palestine on my mind.