A prison memoir of the Egyptian revolution

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Ware, M. L. (2026, September 6). A prison memoir of the Egyptian revolution. Semafor. https://www.semafor.com/article/09/02/2026/a-student-protestors-prison-memoir

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Semafor · collected 2026-09-06 · by Mary Lawrence Ware

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Abdelrahman ElGendy was 17 when he and his father were arrested in Cairo two years after the 2011 Egyptian revolution for recording a protest. ElGendy spent six years as a political prisoner, including time in Egypt's notorious "Scorpion Prison", where he began writing. His memoir, Huna, recounts this experience. The book has been praised by Kirkus Reviews as a "heroic clarion call" for moral decency and liberation.
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Abdelrahman ElGendy, a 17-year-old at the time, was arrested in 2011 along with his father for recording a protest on the streets of Cairo after the Egyptian revolution two years earlier. The incident led to ElGendy's six years as a political prisoner, including time spent in Egypt's notorious "Scorpion Prison". While incarcerated, he turned to writing and later published a memoir called Huna, which has been praised by Kirkus Reviews for its powerful portrayal of an unjust prison sentence.

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📰 Egyptian Prison Uprisings
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Who wrote this

Mary Lawrence Ware
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Topics

Cairo Egypt Egyptian Huna Kirkus Reviews

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Abdelrahman ElGendy PERSON · 2× ElGendy PERSON · 2× Huna PERSON · 2× Cairo GPE · 1× Egypt GPE · 1× Egyptian NORP · 1× Kirkus Reviews ORG · 1×

Narrative

“In ElGendy’s masterful hands,” Kirkus Reviews wrote, this deeply personal account of “an unjust prison sentence” becomes “a heroic clarion call for moral decency and liberation more broadly.”
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-07
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A prison memoir of the Egyptian revolution · assertive framing

Claims (3 extracted, 0 hedged)

Two years after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, then 17-year-old Abdelrahman ElGendy and his father were arrested for recording a protest on the streets of Cairo. asserted
ElGendy → arrest → Cairo
ElGendy’s memoir recounts the six years he spent as a political prisoner, including in Egypt’s notorious “Scorpion Prison” where he turned to writing. asserted
he → recount → writing
“In ElGendy’s masterful hands,” Kirkus Reviews wrote, this deeply personal account of “an unjust prison sentence” becomes “a heroic clarion call for moral decency and liberation more broadly.” asserted
account → write → decency
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