15: After Maspero
In this week’s podcast, we turn to the tragic events on October 9 in Downtown Cairo, when at least 25 people (mostly Coptic protestors) were killed at the Maspero state TV building. Ashraf, Ursula and I host New York Review of Books contributor Yasmine El Rashidi, an eyewitness to the massacre, and talk about what happened and its consequences.
show notes:
- Massacre in Cairo by Yasmine El Rashidi, in NYRB
- Yasmine’s May 2011 NYRB article on Copts and the Imbaba church arson
- Get Yasmine’s “The Battle for Egypt” ebook
- Reflections on the invisibility of Copts in Egypt by Anthony Shenoda
- Maspero Testimonies
- Ashraf and Issandr’s appearance on AJE’s The Listening Post, on Egyptian state media
- Latest Maspero round-up by Ursula, including the Bassem Youssef video cited and Maspero Testimonies
- Previous Arabist posts (and links) on the Maspero massacre