Hossam el-Hamalawy is a journalist and socialist from Cairo, who was among the organisers of the 2011 uprising. He has been involved in the labour movement and the fight against police brutality in Egypt. He holds a PhD in political science from Freie Universität Berlin and is the recipient of the 2011 Anna Politkovskaya Courage in Journalism Award. He publishes a weekly newsletter on Egyptian politics at 3arabawy.substack.com
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The following excerpts are adapted from the author’s recent book, Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi’s New Republic, published by Verso Books. The unification of the repressive apparatus for the first time since 1952
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