Zeitoun

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A second posting today? Quite offtopic, too. But why not?

While flying back to Helsinki on my trip to Leuven, I bought a nonfiction book by Dave Eggers, titled Zeitoun. Have a look at some of the reviews, for example at Guardian and The New York Times. Or Amazon. And here is a link to the Zeitoun Foundation, and the book.

Of course, this book may be old news to you, but for me it was a revelation. How a country can become so blind and so ugly? Good at building prisons and terrorizing citizens; bad at helping people in need and making things right.