In Egypt, leaving prison does not mean escaping the security state

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Abdelrahman ElGendy's memoir Huna shows how release from an Egyptian prison brings surveillance, enforced silence and the threat of renewed detention From the very beginning of his detention, Abdelrahman ElGendy, who had just turned 17, was forced to reckon with the constant assault that is prison life in Egypt. After being unlawfully detained in October 2013 for being close to a protest, and categorised as an alleged Muslim Brotherhood "terrorist" (read: protester), he found himself interned in