Broken Spring: An American-Israeli Reporter's Close-Up View of How Egyptians Lost Their Struggle for Freedom

from snash

What the author had to say about Egypt's "Arab spring" could have been said in two chapters, one about the events and one about their economy. He made it book length by repeating himself, telling personal stories and then commenting on other Middle East issue. Not surprisingly, they were presente...

from jwals

After two years in Cairo during the "Arab Spring", Mark Lavie offers a collection of views and observations on woman's place in Egypt; the local and national economy, the inability of parties to form a coalition, and inability of a party to govern in their own right or at least with the tacit app...

from Matthew1982

I was interested in about the first three-quarters of this book. It mostly covers Egypt, Egyptians, and a variety of experiences with and opinions on politics, day-to-day life and a variety of other things. For instance, I had no idea about the extent of illegal housing in Cairo or Egypt in gener...

from viennamax

The Isreali born author has lived 2 years as a correspondent in Cairo. 40 essays about the afterglow of the 'Egyptian Spring' are the result of his stay. Quite often the book is a bit repetitive, however, the stories reveal a good deal of Egyptian idiosyncrasies - what has to be fixed in the down...

from avatiakh

This is a good introductory read on present day Egypt and the politics of the region. To begin with it reads like a string of brief news articles about the current political climate and realities of life in Cairo for a foreign resident. Lavie's home is in Israel and he took a 2 year assignment fr...