Book Review;Revolution inEgypt;Square eyes
书评;埃及的革命;广场上的旁观者
Cairo: My City, Our Revolution. By Ahdaf Soueif.
开罗:我的城市,我们的革命。作者:AHDAF SOUEIF。
The big themes of history may be written by thevictors, but it is the observant bystanders who fill inthe details. When Hosni Mubarak was overthrown inCairo a year ago, among those watching was AhdafSoueif, a novelist born in Egypt and mostly residentin London. She missed the first three days as wellas some of the postnatal struggles of the new era. As a liberal leftist she is at best a partialvictor, given that Islamists took control of the streets after the big battles were won.
历史的主干由胜利者书写,而敏锐的旁观者用细节丰富历史。一年前穆巴拉克在开罗被推翻,当时,小说家AHDAF SOUEIF是旁观者之一。她出生于埃及,大部分时间都居住在伦敦。革命的前三天,她不在场,未能经历新时代最初的斗争。鉴于在重大战斗取得胜利后,是伊斯兰主义者控制了街道,作为自由左派的AHDAF SOUEIF最多算半个胜利者。
So her view of the revolution maynever dominate the new textbooksnow being prepared in Egypt. Thebearded men who will most likelydictate what is in them, however, cannot entirely ignore what she recorded during theinitial 18 days that felled the tyrant and his cronies. Well- observed details have anunmistakable ring of truth and revisionist historians ignore them at their peril.
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