Egypt has been living under a almost constant state of emergency since the Israel-Egyptian war in 1967 (one 18-month break) [source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency#Egypt]
What we are reading is the first chapter of The State of Exception by Giorgio Agamben available at aaaaarg.org or here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?dz9w1zzw7t5b3py
February 3:rd 20:00 @ Tempest Library, 63a Reichenbergerstr.