Circling the Square: Stories from the Egyptian Revolution - Tapa blanda

[Steavenson] creates a vibrant sense of being on the ground in Cairo --Los Angeles Times"

Impassioned coverage from the front lines of a historic Middle Eastern uprising An intensive firsthand exploration of modern Egyptian liberation and solidarity. --Kirkus"

A moving, empathetic portrayal of a central movement of our time: the brave Egyptian people s attempt to end repression without the tools or the leaders to succeed. --Library Journal"

Few books are better than this one at conveying the confusion and excitement of those days on the square. --New York Times Book Review"

There is much to praise in her evocative, impressionistic sketches of the stirring events in Egypt Her actual writing is first-rate. She cares deeply about her subjects but her critical acuity and keen sense of humor see through their foibles and contradictions. --Washington Times"

Steavenson weaves together a mosaic portrait that tightly focuses on the people of the revolution. --Minneapolis Star Tribune"

"Steavenson weaves together a mosaic portrait that tightly focuses on the people...of the revolution."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Few books are better than this one at conveying the confusion and excitement of those days on the square."--New York Times Book Review

"[Steavenson] creates a vibrant sense of being on the ground in Cairo..."--Los Angeles Times

"There is much to praise in her evocative, impressionistic sketches of the stirring events in Egypt...Her actual writing is first-rate. She cares deeply about her subjects but her critical acuity and keen sense of humor see through their foibles and contradictions."--Washington Times

A writer for the New Yorker describes the Egyptian Revolution in a series of vignettes as told by citizens of Cairo from differing backgrounds who each took in the violence and elections from a different points of view.