Workers on the Road to January: Hisham Fouad and the Memory of Egypt’s Working Class

Review

In Egypt’s silenced public sphere, few writers have persisted in telling the story of the working class with the depth and loyalty it deserves. Hisham Fouad’s Workers on the Road to January: A Reading of Three Labor Battles with the Movement’s Bulletins revives that voice. Published in Cairo in 2024 by al-Maraya for Culture and Arts, the book is both an…