Escape from Egypt, the book, the investigation within the new diaspora of exiles of the last generation

the ROME - “do Not even know how to greet them, the two children so small that you observe in the dark of the night while dreaming of the heroes and heroines of the fairy tales that tell of the day. Does it hurt to tell them that at the end they all lived happily ever after, knowing that they are lying”. It's a piece of the long story of Nancy Okail, activist egyptian sentenced to five years in prison in June 2014, in the context of the trial against the Ngo, which led to the conviction of 43 activists, accused of having received illegal funds, having worked for institutions outside the law and have supported the opposition to the government and the few organizations to protest. Short story published in a book, "the Escape from Egypt - Investigation of the diaspora of the post-coup", Azzurra Meringolo Scarfoglio (Infinite Editions), with a preface by Moni Ovadia, introduction by Riccardo Noury, spokesman for Amnesty International, and drawings Gianluca Costantini

Journalists, trade unionists, artists, doctors, attiviti. Is a reportage inside the new egyptian diaspora, composed by the exiles of the next generation. Journalists, trade unionists, artists, doctors, poets, politicians and human rights activists fled from their Village when, after the coup of the summer of 2013, the military returned to power. A trip that starts in New York and Washington, touches the Silicon Valley, London, Berlin, Doha, Istanbul, and reaches almost to the North Pole.

escape from summary proceedings. The new exiled egyptians come here to escape the prison, to summaries the processes of mass, in attempts of co-optation, to the censure of those who did not want to share – for example – details uncomfortable about the tragic end of Giulio Regeni. For some, the exile has arrived, after long periods of detention, marked by physical and psychological torture. From the diaspora tell the story of the journey which is begun their exile, often in a fugue sudden, which has made them a part of what some historians have already defined the most important wave of migration in the history of contemporary Egypt. And among the exiles who dream of returning to his homeland marks the birth of a new intelligentsia, who works for when Egypt will return to the freedom.

exile after long detention and torture. “Azzurra Meringolo, says Moni Ovadia - this overview of human on the exiles from a Country ruled by a dictatorship urges us to not leave in oblivion women, men, and processes that do not leave the field following a defeat, but the metabolize and take up again the path with other modes, but with the same ideal horizon”. While Riccardo Noury, in his introduction says: “Egypt is considered by many western Countries, a key partner in the fight against terrorism at the regional level and this is the justification used for the supply of weapons, surveillance software and other material, despite the evidence of their use to commit serious human rights violations”. The new exiles egyptians, interviewed by the author, are scattered in the world to escape the prison, the attempts of co-optation, to the censure of those who did not want to share – for example – details uncomfortable about the tragic end of Giulio Regeni. For some, the exile has arrived, after long periods of detention, marked by physical and psychological torture.

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