Sukarieh's real-time ethnography of the current Egyptian revolt is a must-read. See her five articles in Counterpunch from the past few weeks here:

• Dispatch from Mohamed Mahmoud Street: Egyptian Revolts
• Dispatches From Tahrir Square: I Exist on the Political Map of Egypt
• Those Who Have Tahrir Square Have the Revolution: Egyptians Between Squares
• The Sounds of Cairo
• Where are the Cries of Joy? Panic and Fear in Tahrir Square

See also her review of Mark Curtis's book Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion With Radical Islam.