If you are trying to understand the situation in Egypt a little better, check out this excellent book list compiled by The New York Times. I’ve reproduced the list below so that you click on any title to reserve it.

Reading List compiled by Alexander Starr of The New York Times, c. 2011

• Cairo: The City Victorious by Max Rodenbeck
• A Portrait of Egypt by Mary Anne Weaver
• Muslim Extremism in Egypt by Giles Kepel
• The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
• The Strong Horse by Lee Smith
• The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz
• Cairo Modern by Naguib Mahfouz
• The Days by Taha Hussein
• Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age by Albert Hourani

The following books are not available in the Minuteman Library Network, but you may request them through Interlibrary Loan.

• Mobilizing Islam by Carrie Wickham
• The Muslim Brotherhood edited by Barry Rubin
• The Yacoubin Building by Alaa Al-Aswany.
• Zaat by Sonallah Ibrahim
• Master of Games by Miles Copeland, Jr.