Abdelrahman ElGendy

Egyptian writer and journalist from Cairo. His memoir Huna, recounting his imprisonment in Egypt, is due from Hogarth / Penguin Random House in the United States in 2026. His Arabic essays have appeared in Mada Masr, Al Manassa, Raseef22 and Daraj, and his English work in publications including The Washington Post, The Nation and Foreign Policy. He won the 2024 Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press.

Any talk of a revolution, or any call for people to go out for one, becomes idle chatter blown away

30 June, 2025