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Raymond Stock

Raymond Stock lived in Cairo for 20 years before being deported in December 2010, apparently due to his 2009 article criticizing then-Culture Minister Farouk Hosni’s bid to head UNESCO. He has translated stories by many Arab writers, including seven books by Naguib Mahfouz, whose biography he is writing.

What Is Egypt’s Revolution Really All About?

Sunday, September 25th, 2011 - by Raymond Stock

Signs point to the creation of a government even more repressive than the previous one.

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