It Could Happen Here Weekly 249
Summary
Host Dan Al Kurd interviews Egyptian journalist and scholar Hossam Hammalawi about his book, *Counter Revolution in Egypt*. They discuss how the post-2013 regime unified the fragmented security apparatus to treat popular revolution as its primary threat, rather than restoring the old Mubarak order. Hammalawi details his research methods, including using US FOIA requests and obituaries to map state repression, and analyzes the severe economic and political conditions in modern Egypt. The conversation concludes with an assessment of the regime's internal cracks and the potential for future re…
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