The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of the Egyptian Left

Final Part: The Arab Spring in Egypt

This is the fifth of a series of interviews, the comrades from Berlin LINKE Internationals conducted with me, about the history of the Egyptian left.

Protesters in Nasr City, east of Cairo, march against Mubarak, 29 January 2011. Photo taken by me.

In Part 1 we discussed the first two Egyptian Communist Waves, from 1919 to the 1960s, while Part 2 dealt wi…