Huna
Egypt

Huna

by Abdelrahman ElGendy

Freedom & Resistance Memoir 2026

Summary

At seventeen, Abdelrahman ElGendy is arrested during Egypt’s political upheaval and spends six years imprisoned alongside his father. Amid brutal conditions and an uncertain future, he turns to writing as an act of survival and resistance. Both an intimate memoir of family, friendship, and endurance and a powerful indictment of authoritarianism, Huna asks what it means to hold on to your humanity when the world tries to erase you.

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Abdelrahman ElGendy
Abdelrahman ElGendy

Abdelrahman ElGendy is an Egyptian writer and translator from Cairo whose work explores political repression, human rights, and the resilience of the human spirit. As a teenager, he was arrested during a protest in Egypt in 2013 and spent six years as a political prisoner, much of that time alongside his father. During his imprisonment, he continued his education, earning a bachelor’s degree in engineering, while writing became a vital means of documenting his experiences. ElGendy later pursued an MFA in nonfiction writing at the University of Pittsburgh. His essays and reporting have appeared in publications including The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Nation, and Guernica. He received the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award. Huna (2026), his debut memoir, recounts his imprisonment and explores resistance, belonging, and the enduring power of language.

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2026
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Abdelrahman ElGendy