Children of Ma'at

About this book

Children of Ma'at combines personal experience, historical reflection, and myth to question the burden of sacrifice repeatedly placed on Egypt and Egyptians. Dr. Ibrahim Tureih moves from the story of a taxi driver in Kuwait during a period of hostility toward Egypt to the figure of an Egyptian Sisyphus carrying regional obligations without recognition. He considers how Egyptian resources, labor, and blood are summoned in times of crisis while solidarity recedes when Egypt rises. Invoking Ma'at, the ancient Egyptian principle of truth, justice, and cosmic order, the book asks where sacrifice should end, how dignity may be protected, and what fairness requires in regional relationships.