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Children of the interregnum: political imagination in Egypt, Britain and beyond
Thu 17 Oct 2019 5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
(Time zone: London)
CIS Public Talks
Jack Shenker
Rooms 8 and 9, Centre of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
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Children of the interregnum: political imagination in Egypt, Britain and beyond
Jack Shenker is a journalist and author based in London and Cairo, who writes about politics, protest, and anything else that springs to mind. His stories have won several international awards, and been translated into many languages. Formerly Egypt correspondent for the Guardian newspaper, his work has also covered Gaza, Africa, Central Asia, the US and the UK, and been published in a wide range of newspapers and magazines around the world including Granta, the London Review of Books and the New York Times, as well as being adapted into films by the BBC. In 2016 his first book, ‘The Egyptians: A Radical Story’, was published by Allen Lane and Penguin to critical acclaim.