Could Another Egyptian Revolution Happen Soon?| Egyptian Revolution Tenth Anniversary Series with Denis G. Campbell
In this video, the final in the series, I ask Denis whether another revolution could happen anytime soon in Egypt. Denis is pessimistic about the prospect of a future uprising in Egypt or the broader Middle East, unless coronavirus causes poverty beyond what existed in 2011. Even so, he feels that, across the region, it […]
One Key Takeaway for Westerners | Egyptian Revolution 10th Anniversary Series with Denis G. Campbell
In this penultimate video, I ask Denis to give us one key takeaway from his book which will help Westerners understand Egyptian politics. His answer is one of my personal favourites of this entire series. ‘The people had had enough,’ Denis says. Every people has a breaking point, and the Egyptians were no different. On […]
Do You Have Any Other Works? | Egyptian Revolution 10th Anniversary Series with Denis G. Campbell
In this video, I ask Denis about his background as an author and journalist, and about his other works throughout the years. While Denis is a marketing and business consultant by day, his passion is journalism and writing timeline books, like Breathing Hope and Fear and Donald Trump: Deplorable Bully. A long-time activist, when he […]
How Did You Come to Be Personally Involved in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011? | 10th Anniversary Series with Denis G. Campbell
In this video, I ask Denis how he came to be personally involved in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Denis has always been interested in good stories. He began live tweeting what was going on in Egypt after realising that big things were happening, and that the public needed to know. An extract from Breathing […]
What is the Most Memorable Moment of the 2011 Revolution? | 10th Anniversary Series with Denis G. Campbell
In this video, I ask Denis which moment from the Egyptian Revolution sticks out most in his mind, a decade later. Brutality. That’s the only word that sums up what Al Jazeera English captured in the Cairo city morgue. Protestors, covered in bullet holes. Angered and no doubt frightened by the damage this footage might […]
Donald Trump – Still a Deplorable Bully | Video Interview with Denis G. Campbell
Over the past couple of weeks, I have posted several short, Q&A-style video interviews with Denis G. Campbell about the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, for its tenth-year anniversary. While that series continues tomorrow, for today, we have a bonus video. In this clip, I ask Denis to talk about another of his books, Donald Trump: […]
What Has Changed in Egypt Since 2011? | Egyptian Revolution 10th Anniversary Series with Denis G. Campbell
In this video, I ask Denis what he feels has changed in Egypt since the 2011, when the 25 January Revolution occurred. ‘History hates a vacuum,’ Denis says. From as early as mid-2011, this became clear, as the Muslim Brotherhood took the momentum of the revolution away from those who had formented it. Under Mohamed […]
What Has Changed in Egypt Since 2018? | Egyptian Revolution 10th Anniversary Series with Denis G. Campbell
In this video, I ask Denis what he feels has changed in Egypt since the 2018 publication of his book. Denis doesn’t feel that much has changed since Breathing Hope and Fear was released. He does, however, note that Donald Trump’s actions have emboldened Egypt’s current strongman, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Moreover, it seems unlikely President […]
Why Did You Structure Your Book like This? | Egyptian Revolution 10th Anniversary Series with Denis G. Campbell
In this video, I ask Denis why he chose to structure his book in the way he did. Throughout Breathing Hope and Fear, Denis provides key tweets which sum up what was going on in Tahrir Square and across Egypt, and then links these to geopolitical occurrences across the globe. He was inspired to do […]
Why Write About Egypt? | Egyptian Revolution 10th Anniversary Series with Denis G. Campbell
In this video, I ask Denis why he chose to write about Egypt, given all the other Arab nations that had revolutions during the Arab Spring. After following Tunisia’s revolution, Denis began watching Egypt to see if and how the uprising would spill over there. Part of his motivation for doing so was to ensure […]
The Book That Changed My Life | Nick McAlpin
Here at Wordcatcher Publishing, we are big advocates for the transformational power of reading. A good book really can change someone’s life, setting them on a new career path or getting them into an obscure hobby they’d never thought of before. For that reason, I thought it’d be interesting to tell you about the book […]
Why Did the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 Ultimately Fail? | 10th Anniversary Series with Denis G. Campbell
In this video, I ask why the Egyptian Revolution ultimately failed. Failure to prepare not just for a revolution, but for the governing which would come after, led to the movement’s ultimate failure. Moreover, it opened the door to the brutal General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to eventually seize power. An extract from Breathing Hope and […]
