Rabab El-Mahdi
El-Mahdi, Rabab, Orientalising the Egyptian uprising
suggesting a non-western interpretation of events.
, Egypt: The Moment of Change
ed. El-Mahdi, Rabab; Marfleet, Philip,Analysis of the Mubarak regime and its policies, the nature of political Islam, and (most relevant here) a chapter on ‘The democracy movement: Cycles of protest’, pp. 87-102, which provides background to Tahrir Square.