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A review by namakurhea
The Republic of False Truths by Alaa Al Aswany
3.0
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Or to be exact: do we protest and fight for our rights while risking our safety and creating unrest? Or do we stay quiet and keep things stable at the expense of our rights? The Republic of False Truths” is the latest work of esteemed Egyptian write Alaa Al Aswany. The story is set ten years ago, during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution that brought down Hosni Mubarak’s autocratic regime. We follow a great ensemble of characters: from student activists, news reporters, factory workers, celebrities, and military men as they fight for their idea of the Egyptian Nation.
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It is very sad how much the statement “we are our own enemies” is true. Entire people are opressed by opressors who are none other than the very people who should have been there to serve the country… well, we all know what’s the outcome of the Egyptian Revolution (spoiler alert: before we’ve got Hosni, now we’ve got Sisi). Hence the title “Republic of False Truths”; a country willing to put up with injustices for the sake of stability.
Am supposed to read this with the buddy read group but my curiosity got to me first
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It is very sad how much the statement “we are our own enemies” is true. Entire people are opressed by opressors who are none other than the very people who should have been there to serve the country… well, we all know what’s the outcome of the Egyptian Revolution (spoiler alert: before we’ve got Hosni, now we’ve got Sisi). Hence the title “Republic of False Truths”; a country willing to put up with injustices for the sake of stability.
Am supposed to read this with the buddy read group but my curiosity got to me first