This groundbreaking collection of writings by prisoners of conscience in Egypt offers a unique lens on the global rise of authoritarianism over the last decade.
This book contains letters, poetry, and art produced by Egyptians imprisoned from the eruption of the January 25, 2011, uprising through the fall of 2023. Some are by journalists, lawyers, activists, and artists imprisoned for expressing their opposition to Egypt's authoritarian order; others are by ordinary citizens caught up in the zeal to silence any hint of challenge to state power, including bystanders whose only crime was to be near a police sweep.
Together, the contributors to Imprisoning a Revolution raise profound questions about the nature of politics both in authoritarian regimes and in their "democratic" allies, who continue to enable and support such violence. This collection offers few answers and even less consolation, but it does offer voices from behind the prison walls that remind readers of our collective obligation not to look away or remain silent. With a foreword by acclaimed Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji and an afterword with Kenyan literary giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, this book holds a mirror not just to Egypt but to the world today, urging us to stop the rampant abuse and denial of fundamental human rights around the globe.
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Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Foreword: Texts That Survived the Ashes, by Ahmed Naji
Introduction, by Collective Antigone
1. Anonymous
A DIARY OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN PRISON
2. Alaa Abd El-Fattah
TORA PRISON, CELL 1/6, WARD 4
JAN. 25, 5 YEARS ON: THE ONLY WORDS I CAN WRITE ARE ABOUT LOSING MY WORDS
3. Anonymous
FRAGMENTS OF A COPTIC PRISONER'S DIARY: ON THE MARGINS OF A BIBLE
4. Ayman Moussa
"SCREAMS OF MY MIND"
5. Ahmed Abdallah
TRUTH ABOUT GIULIO
6. Ahmed Gamal Ziada
THE RECEPTION
THE GIFT
7. Ahmed Douma
"BEING AWAY HAS ITS IMPACT . . . AND OUR ABILITIES HAVE THEIR LIMITS"
SEEKING REFUGE IN THE DARKNESS
8. Mohamed Morsi
A MESSAGE FROM DR. MOHAMED MORSI TO THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT
9. Mohsen Mohamed
TIME
ON THE ROAD
ON THE BURSH AFTER DINNER
THE LIGHT ISN'T SURROUNDED BY GUARDS
DISAPPEARANCE
SERGEANT
10. Abdelrahman Tarek (Moka)
THE "INTAKE"
11. Mohamed Nabil
"HEAPS OF FLESH UNDER THEIR CONTROL"
12. Sarah Hegazy
"AMIDST ALL THIS, ALL WE WISHED FOR . . . WAS A HUG BY OUR MOTHERS"
A YEAR AFTER THE RAINBOW FLAG CONTROVERSY
A DEDICATION
FAREWELL
13. Yara Sallam
"DID YOU SEE AYA IN QANATER PRISON?"
HOW WE GOT USED TO THE SCREAMS OF THOSE ON DEATH ROW
I LOST TRACK OF TIME IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD: ON COPING WITH PRISON AND ITS AFTERMATH
14. Ibrahim Ezz al-Din
"BORED OF TORTURING YOU!"
15. Mostafa al-Aasar
"WE ARE MUCH WEAKER THAN WE SEEM"
"DESTINED FOR MISERY"
RAMADAN NIGHTS IN PRISON
16. Sanaa Seif
WHEN THE LAW IS NOT THE LAW ANYMORE
DEATH'S CHILD
ON THE VIGIL OF THE ARREST
ABOUT PRISON, BOOKS, CHAOS OF THE MIND, AND THE STATE SECURITY OFFICER
17. Patrick George Zaki
LETTER NUMBER 1
LETTER NUMBER 2
LETTER NUMBER 3
18. Malak al-Kashef
A HUNDRED DAYS
19. Khaled Lotfi
WHY AM I HERE?
20. Shady Abu Zaid
FLOWER FOR A FRIEND
TEXT ENGRAVED IN BOAT
21. Shady Habash
"PRISON DOESN'T KILL, LONELINESS DOES"
22. Galal El-Behairy
A LETTER FROM TORA PRISON
23. Walid Shawky
SHADY HABASH: A TURNING POINT WHERE THE CIRCLE ENDS
24. Ramy Shaath
DEAR FAMILY AND LOVED ONES
DEAR LOVE
25. Haitham Mohamadin
"DO YOU LISTEN TO UMM KULTHUM?"
26. Abdelrahman ElGendy 188
AMMAD
LUMOS
27. Anonymous
A DAY IN THE LIFE . . . WE CREATED A DREAM NO POWER CAN ERASE
"WE CANNOT HUG OUR CHILDREN": A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DETAINEE
I AM AFRAID TO DIE IN PRISON
AS IF PRISONS WERE DESIGNED TO KILL US
28. ISLAM KHALIL
FIVE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
29. Journalists in Prison
SOLAFA MAGDY
ESRAA ABDEL FATTAH
SHEREEN BEKHEIT
KARAM SABER
HISHAM FUAD
AHMED TAREK (ARNOUB)
ANONYMOUS FEMALE JOURNALIST
REEM QOTB GABARA
HASSAN AL-BANNA MUBARAK
30. Mahienour El-Massry
PRISON IS A MICROCOSM OF SOCIETY
WE SHALL CONTINUE
ABOUT GAZA DURING THE 2014 ATTACK
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF SHAIMA AL-SABBAGH
31. Mohamed Ramadan
KNOWING YOUR TORTURER
32. Mohamed El-Baqer
THE PANDEMIC IN PRISON
33. Collective Letters
TO THE LEADERS OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, FROM THE YOUTH OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
FROM WOMEN PRISONERS
CRY FOR HELP FROM QANATER WOMEN'S PRISON
LETTER OF DISTRESS FROM DETAINEES AT SCORPION PRISON
34. Basma Refaat
QANATER WOMEN'S PRISON
35. Mona Mahmoud Mohamed
WHY AM I IN PRISON?
36. Israa Khaled Said
I'M HERE BECAUSE YOU DID WELL, MOM
37. Ghada Abdel Aziz
"FROM THE WORST PLACE"
38. Marwa Arafa
DEAR BIG WAFAA
39. Essam Mohamed Atta
LETTER
40. Anonymous
LIFE ON DEATH ROW
41. Ibrahim Azab
KISS MY COMBAT BOOT
42. Anonymous
SOUNDS OF THE EXECUTION CHAMBER FROM THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
43. Anonymous
I AM NOT A FAMOUS DETAINEE
44. Yassin
YASSIN AND HIS PRISON PAINTINGS AND NOTES
45. Mahmoud Abu Zeid (Shawkan)
INFORMANTS IN THE MORNING
46. Song of Submission
Afterword: A Message to Egyptian Political Prisoners, Ngu˜ gi˜ wa Thiong'o in
Conversation with Collective Antigone
Selected Bibliography
