Name: You Have not yet Been Defeated: Selected Works 2011-2021
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Author: El-Fattah, Alaa Abd ; Klein, Naomi
ISBN: 9781644212455

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You Have not yet Been Defeated: Selected Works 2011-2021

Type

Physical Book

Author

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

Preface by

Naomi Klein

Publisher

Seven Stories Press

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.6x13.5x3.6 cm

Weight

0.43 kg.

ISBN13

9781644212455

Synopsis "You Have not yet Been Defeated: Selected Works 2011-2021 "

Powerful ideas of protest and freedom of expression from the world-renowned Egyptian political prisoner and activist collected in English for the first time. With a foreword by Naomi Klein. "The text you are holding is living history." -- Naomi Klein, from the foreword Alaa Abd el-Fattah is arguably the most high-profile political prisoner in Egypt, if not the Arab world, rising to international prominence during the revolution of 2011. A fiercely independent thinker who fuses politics and technology in powerful prose, an activist whose ideas represent a global generation which has only known struggle against a failing system, a public intellectual with the rare courage to offer personal, painful honesty, Alaa's written voice came to symbolize much of what was fresh, inspiring and revolutionary about the uprisings that have defined the last decade. Collected here for the first time in English are a selection of his essays, social media posts and interviews from 2011 until the present. He has spent the majority of those years in prison, where many of these pieces were written. Together, they present not only a unique account from the frontline of a decade of global upheaval, but a catalogue of ideas about other futures those upheavals could yet reveal. From theories on technology and history to profound reflections on the meaning of prison, You Have Not Yet Been Defeated is a book about the importance of ideas, whatever their cost.

Naomi Klein

(Preface by)

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Naomi Klein was born on May 8, 1970 in Montreal, Canada, into a family of political activists. Her childhood was marked by social commitment and creativity: her grandfather was an animator at Disney and a unionist, and her parents emigrated to Canada from the United States in protest against the Vietnam War. Klein studied philosophy and literature at the University of Toronto, although she temporarily left her studies to work as a journalist at The Globe and Mail

Klein is one of the most influential voices in contemporary critical thought, recognized for her analysis of corporate power, globalization, and the climate crisis. Her work combines investigative journalism, essay writing, and social critique, addressing issues such as brand capitalism, neoliberalism, media manipulation, and climate justice. She has been a university professor, columnist in international media, and co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice at the University of British Columbia.

Among her most famous works are: No Logo (1999), Fences and Windows (2002), The Take (2004), and The Shock Doctrine (2007).

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