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Checkpoint raconte un pays, la Palestine, désarticulé par les colonies de peuplement et les routes de contournement et, à présent, par le " mur de séparation ". Un étrange pays qui ne ressemble à aucun autre, un archipel, où le seul point de repère incontestable est le barrage militaire, le Checkpoint, qui précisément abolit l'espace et le temps. L'immobilité et l'attente aiguisent la mémoire qui, à l'image du lieu où elle est enracinée, vient restituer par bribes des saynètes fragmentées. Alternant épisodes de la vie quotidienne et portraits, souvenirs de jeunesse et récits absurdes, dialogues et méditations, Azmi Bishara dénonce avec un humour décapant le sort réservé aux Palestiniens par les " Maîtres du Checkpoint ". Mais il égratigne aussi son propre camp, avec ses politiciens opportunistes, ses idéologues obtus et tous les autres profiteurs de " l'industrie de la Cause ". Le récit commence et se termine par une tendre évocation de la fille du narrateur, Wajd, mot désignant l'une des sept " stations " de l'amour chez les mystiques musulmans. C'est la douleur d'être séparé de l'aimé même en sa présence, la douleur du désir, toujours insatisfait, de s'unir à lui.

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Azmi Bishara's seminal study of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution chronicles in granular detail the lead up to the momentous uprisings and the subsequent transition and coup. The book critically investigates the social and economic conditions that formed the backdrop to the revolution and the complex challenges posed by the transition from authoritarianism to democracy.Part One, 'From July Coup to January Revolution', goes back to what is called the '1952 revolution' or the '1952 Coup d'état' and traces events until 2011 when Hosni Mubarak stepped down as the president of Egypt after weeks of protest. It highlights the relationship between the presidency and the army to show that, contrary to popular belief, the presidency grew gradually stronger at the expense of other institutions, especially the army, and reached its apogee under Mubarak. Part Two 'From Revolution to Coup d'Etat', covers the critical stages from when the military junta took over the governing of Egypt as the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), and the election of Morsi, up until the coup to overthrow his presidency. Using a democratic transition theory perspective, Azmi Bishara explains the failure of the democratic transition and how it has impacted on Arab revolutions ever since. Written while the revolutions were taking place, this book conveys a sense of immediacy and urgency as Bishara makes wide-ranging assessments with many of his forecasts corroborated in later years. The book is renowned for its use of primary source material - including interviews, statistics and public opinion polls – thus preserving the memory of the revolution and remaining one of the most comprehensive reference books on the subject to date

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