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Contentious Comrades: Egyptian Communism Reconsidered

Contentious Comrades: Egyptian Communism Reconsidered Rami Ginat, A History of Egyptian Communism: Jews and Their Compatriots in Quest of Revolution (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2011), 431 pp. ISBN: 978-1-58826-759-7. Rami Ginat’s study—a work that will quickly become the go-to source on the history of communism in pre-Nasserist Egypt—is really two books in one. It is first and foremost a detailed account of the origins and impact of communist movements from the 1920s through the end of the “liberal era.” At the same time, it is an exploration of the particular role played by Jews, native and adopted sons and daughters of Egypt, in founding, fostering, and, at times, fragmenting a movement that in most cases eventually disowned and disbarred them, much to their dismay. It is a story that is at once inspiring and, for them, ultimately, tragic. Ginat’s authority as the primary academic chronicler of the Egyptian left is rooted in exhaustive, innovative research undertaken over many years and in many places. He has already written important works on Egyptian-Soviet relations in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Marxist intellectual Lutfi al-Khuli, and the Nasser-era foreign policy approach of positive neutrality during the Cold War. 1 His monographs and articles are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bustan: The Middle East Book Review Brill

Contentious Comrades: Egyptian Communism Reconsidered

Gordon, Joel
Bustan: The Middle East Book Review , Volume 5 (1): 36 – Jan 1, 2014
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Copyright 2014 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Rami Ginat, A History of Egyptian Communism: Jews and Their Compatriots in Quest of Revolution (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2011), 431 pp. ISBN: 978-1-58826-759-7. Rami Ginat’s study—a work that will quickly become the go-to source on the history of communism in pre-Nasserist Egypt—is really two books in one. It is first and foremost a detailed account of the origins and impact of communist movements from the 1920s through the end of the “liberal era.” At the same time, it is an exploration of the particular role played by Jews, native and adopted sons and daughters of Egypt, in founding, fostering, and, at times, fragmenting a movement that in most cases eventually disowned and disbarred them, much to their dismay. It is a story that is at once inspiring and, for them, ultimately, tragic. Ginat’s authority as the primary academic chronicler of the Egyptian left is rooted in exhaustive, innovative research undertaken over many years and in many places. He has already written important works on Egyptian-Soviet relations in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Marxist intellectual Lutfi al-Khuli, and the Nasser-era foreign policy approach of positive neutrality during the Cold War. 1 His monographs and articles are

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