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"Welcome to Egypt" (Lisa Goldman)
Three years later, Egypt’s revolution coming full circle
Three years after the revolution that set the benchmark for the Arab Spring, Egypt is now coming full circle, and the promise of the mass movement with it. On the first anniversary of Egypt’s momentous 18-day revolution, the country was still in a state of flux. A powerful military council remained in charge of a…
By Omar H. Rahman January 26, 2014
Egyptian women demonstrating in Cairo, July 1 (credit: Mosa'ab Elshamy)
The Egyptian people rise up and overthrow Morsi – or was it the army..?
Just one year after Mohammed Morsi was sworn into office, Egypt’s army responds to popular protests by deposing the democratically elected president. How did we get here and can the army be trusted to return the country to a path of democracy? On June 29, 2012, Tahrir Square erupted in cheers as Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s…
By Lisa Goldman July 4, 2013
Clashes dissipate on Cairo's Mohammad Mahmoud Street, January 25, 2013 (Photo: Jesse Rosenfeld)
Block by block, Egyptians fight their past for a new future
‘For me, today is one of the days of the revolution,’ Egyptian poet Zain El-Abdeen Fouad says, describing the recent unrest as part of a process of a continuing social transformation. ‘The [revolt against Mubarak] sparked the revolution and it never ended. The revolution will continue until it achieves its goals.’ By Jesse Rosenfeld CAIRO…
By +972 Magazine January 27, 2013
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