TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. Introduction 7
4. 1 Upbringing 9
5. 2 The Huckstep Prison Camp 41
6. 3 Relocation to Gabal El-Taur 66
7. 4 A Small Margin of Freedom 94
8. 5 One Year in Prison and a Subsequent Acquittal 105
9. 6 The Popular Resistance Effort and the Unity of the Communists 115
10. 7 My Flight and Soraya’s Imprisonment 132
11. 8 The ‘Azzab Prison Camp in El-Faiyyoum 151
12. 9 The Prison Camp of El-Kharga Oases 163
13. 10 A Flower in the Heart of Hell 177
14. 11 In Defense of Human Dignity 194
15. 12 The Defeat of 1967 – the Battle Lost 201
16. 13 The True Face of the Defeat 211
17. 14 The Clown Does Not Resemble the President 217
18. 15 The Days When Egypt Rose Up 228
19. 16 Characters Encountered within Egypt’s Different Prisons 238
20. 17 Life Constantly Renews Itself 254
21. 18 Egypt on My Mind 267
22. 19 Testimonies 277