Banned Books List

Ganked from pretty much everyone...

List of the top 110 banned books. Bold the ones you've read. Italicize the ones you've read part of. Underline the ones you specifically want to read (at least some of). Read more. Convince others to read some.

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Khalid Fahmy on Mehmed Ali and Egypt

All the Pasha's Men
Khalid Fahmy, The American Univeristy in Cairo Press, 1997.

"This book challenges this powerful, monolithic discourse of Egyptian nationalism. It argues that the Pasha's army did indeed turn the population of Egypt into loyal and devoted citizens of Egypt. This it managed to do, however, not by 'opening their eyes' to their true identites [essentialized civilization discourse], or helping them to discover their hidden sentiments, but by subjecting them to a rigorous and tight disciplining regime whereby their bodies and minds were minutely controlled so that the Pasha and his elite could accomplish their own ambitions." (p. 19)

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[ETA: February 26, still reading...]
[ETA: February 27, 12:20 a.m., I'm DONE!!!]