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What Chance for Democracy in the Middle East?
From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and Its Jihadi Legacy
by Jean-Pierre Filiu
Once Upon a Revolution: An Egyptian Story
by Thanassis Cambanis
A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS
by Robert F. Worth
October 27, 2016 issue