The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution

Peter Hessler

The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Text Publishing Co
Country
Australia
Published
21 May 2019
Pages
480
ISBN
9781925773743

The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution

Peter Hessler

Fascinated by Egypt’s rich history, Peter Hessler moved with his family to Cairo just after the Arab Spring had begun.

In the midst of the revolution, he attached himself to an important archaeological dig at a site known as The Buried. In Cairo, he got to know a young gay Egyptian who struggled with pressures from the police and society. Hessler and his wife also struck up a friendship with their Arabic-language instructor, Rifaat, a cynical political sophisticate who helped explain the country’s turmoil. And a different kind of friendship was formed with their illiterate garbage collector, Sayyid, whose access to the refuse of Cairo is another kind of archaeological excavation.

Through the lives of ordinary Egyptians, Hessler creates a richly textured portrait of a revolution and the people swept up in it, drawing connections between contemporary politics and the ancient past. The Buried is a work of uncompromising intelligence and glorious humanity: an extraordinary achievement that unearths a new world for the reader. 

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