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Of the several memoirs that came out for this year’s Cairo International Book Fair, two show the turbulent politics of the first half of the 20th century ...

Mohamed Ali, a construction contractor, burst onto Egypt's political scene in recent months when videos he posted on social media accusing Sisi and the military elite of corruption went viral.