1st Edition
Counterterrorism Strategies in Egypt Permanent Exceptions in the War on Terror
By Ahmed M. Abozaid
Copyright 2022
200 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
200 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
200 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book reveals how counterterrorism discourses and practices became the main tool of a systematic violation of human rights in Egypt after the Arab Uprising.
It examines how the civic and democratic uprising in Egypt turned into robust authoritarianism under the pretence of counterterrorism and the ‘war on terror’. By interrogating Egypt’s counterterrorism legislation, the book identifies a... Read more
Introduction
1. Terrorism Studies, Counterterrorism, and the Use of Force
2. Colonial and Postcolonial Experience
3. Counterterrorism Discourse in Egypt after the Arab Uprising
4. Counterterrorism and Human Rights in Egypt after the Arab Uprising
Conclusion
Biography
Ahmed M. Abozaid is a researcher at the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, UK, and a Fellow at The Program on Exiting Violence, Columbia Global Centers | Amman, Columbia University, New York, USA.
