Tahrir: The Last 18 Days of Mubarak

by Michael Binyon (Editor), Abdel - Latif El Menawy (Author)

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2012
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For 18 days of his life, starting the 25th of January 2011 up to the 11th of February, Abdel Latif El Menawy slept in his office inside Egypt's State TV building. The landmark building behind Tahrir Square was under constant siege, locked down by tanks and barbed wire as protesters massed outside the building. Throughout events, he was constantly in touch with the President and the ruling clique led by the President's son and heir apparent, Gamal, as well as senior government ministers and officers at the highest levels of the Defence and Intelligence services. All the while, he kept the TV channels running, working with a skeleton crew of exhausted, scared, yet committed journalists and technicians.

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For 18 days of his life, starting the 25th of January 2011 up to the 11th of February, Abdel Latif El Menawy slept in his office inside Egypt's State TV building. The landmark building behind Tahrir Square was under constant siege, locked down by tanks and barbed wire as protesters massed outside the building. Throughout events, he was constantly in touch with the President and the ruling clique led by the President's son and heir apparent, Gamal, as well as senior government ministers and officers at the highest levels of the Defence and Intelligence services. All the while, he kept the TV channels running, working with a skeleton crew of exhausted, scared, yet committed journalists and technicians.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
Publisher: Gilgamesh Publishing
Published: 28 Jan 2012
ISBN 10: 1908531126
ISBN 13: 9781908531124

Media Reviews

Author interviews on BBC World, CNN, BBC Radio 4

Author Bio

Abdel Latif El Menawy is an author and journalist who has covered war zones, political crises and conflicts across the world in a career that has seen him report from Sudan, Bosnia, Libya, Algeria, France, Hong Kong, Germany and the UK. As Head of the News at the Egyptian Radio and Television Union - Egypt's equivalent of the BBC - Al Menawy oversaw all news content, founded Radio Misr, and pioneered documentary broadcasts.