In 2019, Egypt witnessed a new wave of protests against the Sisi regime. Every year, new literature emerges that tries to understand Egyptian politics after the revolution and why it reached its current state. In 2011 Joshua Stacher, associate professor of political science at Kent University State went on a journey to understand the central aspects of Egypt‘s uprising and transition.
In his new book, “Watermelon Democracy: Egypt's Turbulent Transition” published with Syracuse University Press in Spring 2020, Joshua Stacher examines why Egypt is in this current state examining the election, economy, the military and of course state violence. I conducted this interview with him via Skype and asked him about his new book, revolutions, uprisings, and how to find a way to understand them.
TM: Let‘s start with the very beginning, when did your interest in Egypt start to emerge?
