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Ultras: How Egyptian Football Fans Toppled a Dictator

Ultras: How Egyptian Football Fans Toppled a Dictator

James Montague
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In January 2011 millions of Egyptians took part in mass protests that ended the iron rule of its military dictator, Hosni Mubarak.

Football supporters across the country set aside their differences and played an instrumental role in the demonstrations that led to Mubarak’s deposition.

A year later elements allegedly loyal to the old regime took a terrible revenge when they massacred supporters during a match played in Port Said, killing 74 Al Ahly supporters in an incident that shocked the world.

James Montague is the only western journalist to be given full unrestricted access to the Ahlawy; a passionate but largely obscure group of Al Ahly fans when he first met them in 2007, they went on to play a vital role in the Egyptian revolution.

In Ultras, Montague takes up the Ahlawy's story from when they numbered just a few hundred committed Al Ahly fans, through to the mass protests on Tahrir Square, which helped depose Murbarak, the horrors of Port Said, the World Club Championships in Japan, and beyond. He joins up the dots between the Ahlawy’s rise, the revolution and their slaughter.

In this moving and dramatic work, Montague demonstrates how the dividing line between football and politics is paper thin, and how a hitherto unknown group of fans played a pivotal role in shaping the destiny of a nation.
Language
English
Pages
64
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
August 28, 2008

Ultras: How Egyptian Football Fans Toppled a Dictator

James Montague
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
In January 2011 millions of Egyptians took part in mass protests that ended the iron rule of its military dictator, Hosni Mubarak.

Football supporters across the country set aside their differences and played an instrumental role in the demonstrations that led to Mubarak’s deposition.

A year later elements allegedly loyal to the old regime took a terrible revenge when they massacred supporters during a match played in Port Said, killing 74 Al Ahly supporters in an incident that shocked the world.

James Montague is the only western journalist to be given full unrestricted access to the Ahlawy; a passionate but largely obscure group of Al Ahly fans when he first met them in 2007, they went on to play a vital role in the Egyptian revolution.

In Ultras, Montague takes up the Ahlawy's story from when they numbered just a few hundred committed Al Ahly fans, through to the mass protests on Tahrir Square, which helped depose Murbarak, the horrors of Port Said, the World Club Championships in Japan, and beyond. He joins up the dots between the Ahlawy’s rise, the revolution and their slaughter.

In this moving and dramatic work, Montague demonstrates how the dividing line between football and politics is paper thin, and how a hitherto unknown group of fans played a pivotal role in shaping the destiny of a nation.
Language
English
Pages
64
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
August 28, 2008

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