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May 2020
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(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 61 - Josh Stach...

SINA RAHMANI (@URORIENTALIST)
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Unlocked from behind the paywall!

Hope you enjoy this short extract from Josh Stacher's most recent book, Watermelon Democracy: Egypt’s Turbulent Transition (2019).

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