Counterrevolution in Egypt - Sisi's New Republic

An in-depth look into the structure and methods of Egypt’s security services in their war on dissent.

List of contents

INTRODUCTION
Moving Forward
Notes on Writing Style

CHAPTER 1: A Fragmented Apparatus
Coup-Proofing
Mubarak’s Anxieties
Militarized Policing
Road to War
Dirty War
Habib al-Adly
Forever Wars
- 1. Social Control and Police Militarization in the Neoliberal Age
- 2. Enforcing Raison d'Être
The General Intelligence Service
- External Operations
- Domestic Operations
- Business Empire
Compartmentalization

CHAPTER 2: Revolution
The Myth of Army Grievances
Military-Economic Complex?
- Geopolitical Alliance?
- Political Constraints?
- Social Context?
Ruling But Not Governing
Military Intelligence
Structure
- Ever-Expanding Military Camp
- Counterbalancing
Compartmentalization
Road to Revolt
- From the Regional to the Local
- Strike Wave and the Police
Uprising
- Police Day
- The Friday of Rage
- Army Deployment

CHAPTER 3: Counterrevolution
Shaky Alliances I
- Power Greed?
- Islamist Radicals?
- Vacillation?
Shaky Alliances II
- Legal and Constitutional Challenges?
- Sinai Insurgency?
- Geopolitical Blunders?
Boots on the Streets
Streamlining the Police
- SCAF and the MOI
- Morsi and the MOI
Suleiman’s Men
Egyptian Brumaire
- Police
- Military
- General Intelligence Service
Rivers of Blood

CHAPTER 4: The State Über Alles
A Unitary Apparatus
State Violence and Regime-Making
Praetorian Direct Rule
- The Generals
- Regulations
- Military Capitalism
- Military Ideology
Counterinsurgency
- Troubled Past
- Pre-January 2011
- Post-July 2013
Streamlining the General Intelligence Service
- Tuhami
- Fawzi
- Kamel and the Sisis
- Rashad
Return of the Police
- Homeland Security
- Killing Fields
- Prison System

CHAPTER 5: A Perfect Military Camp
State Bureaucracy
Courts
Diplomatic Service
Media Industry
Entertainment
Sports
Cultural Spaces
Schools and Universities
- Militarization
- Falcon Group
Religion and Morals
- Ministry of Awqaf
- Al-Azhar
- Religious Minorities
- Gender
Panopticon 2.0
- Post-Apocalyptic Cyberpunk Fortress Cities
- Policing the Cyberspace

EPILOGUE

Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Appendix IV
Appendix V
Appendix VI
Appendix VII
Appendix VIII

About the author

Hossam el-Hamalawy is a journalist and socialist from Cairo, who was among the organizers of the 2011 uprising. He has been involved in the labor movement, and the fight against police brutality in Egypt. He currently lives in Germany, where he received in PhD in Political Science.

Product details

• Authors: Hossam el-Hamalawy
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 05.05.2026
• EAN: 9781804297605
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-760-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 350 g
• Illustrations: 7 charts
• Subjects: Egypt, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Middle Eastern history, Central / national / federal government, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Central government, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Privacy & Surveillance, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions