Alaa al-Aswany: 'Overthrowing Mubarak was too good to be true' - Robert Fisk - Commentators. Aswany is actually a humble man, a professor in the art of staying on the sidelines of the revolution while acting as its commentator and, at times, its instigator.
"I'm not a politician," he booms. His dentist's chair sits menacingly behind me. "I said I would never hold any post whatever [in government]. I am a writer and I will remain a writer. Marxism Festival 2012: The Egyptian Revolution. The history of Egypt's revolution. Jack Shenker has a fine piece in the Guardian on The struggle to document Egypt's revolution: On any given evening Cairo's Tahrir Square creaks under the weight of its own recent history: trinket-sellers flog martyrs' pendants, veterans of the uprising hold up spent police bullets recovered from the ground, and an ad hoc street cinema screens YouTube compilations of demonstrators and security forces clashing under clouds of teargas.
This is collective memory by the people, for the people – with no state functionaries around to curate what is remembered or forgotten. "Egyptians are highly sensitive about official attempts to write history and create state-sponsored narratives about historical events," says Khaled Fahmy, one of the country's leading historians. "When Hosni Mubarak was vice-president in the 1970s he was himself on a government committee tasked with writing – or rather rewriting – the history of the 1952 revolution to suit the political purposes of the elite at that time. Egypt's Revolution: One Year Later, the Revolution Continues (part 2)
Salwa Ismail - preliminary reflections in light of the Egyptian Revolution - Third World Quarterly - Volume 32, Issue 5. Egypt's crackdown now wears camouflage - Features. A giant awakes? - Egypt. Arrested: Al-Masry Al-Youm’s Day of Anger reporters’ diary. The struggle to document Egypt's revolution. On any given evening Cairo's Tahrir Square creaks under the weight of its own recent history: trinket-sellers flog martyrs' pendants, veterans of the uprising hold up spent police bullets recovered from the ground, and an ad hoc street cinema screens YouTube compilations of demonstrators and security forces clashing under clouds of teargas.
This is collective memory by the people, for the people – with no state functionaries around to curate what is remembered or forgotten. "Egyptians are highly sensitive about official attempts to write history and create state-sponsored narratives about historical events," says Khaled Fahmy, one of the country's leading historians. Charlie Rose interviewing Naguib Sawiris.flv Martin Rowson on Hosni Mubarak's trial - cartoon. TheTahrirForum. Tahrir: an Exercise in Nation Building. A couple of days ago, a friend of mine asked me what I was doing at the Tahrir sit-in.
When I asked him what he meant by that, he commented that I was acting differently this time, that instead of analyzing and taking a macro view of things, I was actually on the ground, not writing, and doing things all around the square instead. He simply found it out of character, is all. I explained that I was there because I believe in the demands, and that the “Tahrir dance” we have been doing – going to Tahrir to get the government to move its butt – has gotten tired, and that in order to ensure that they continue moving said butts, it’s better to simply stay in Tahrir. But that was only part of the truth: that’s why I went there, but what intrigued me and got me moving around, doing things and staying there, was the fascinating social experiment that the sit-in was creating. It didn’t start off being this way: it started off being more of a camp. The Geopolitical Battle for the Arab Street. Q&ABrazil on the World’s StageCairo Review Antonio Patriota, the Brazilian ambassador to the United Nations, speaks on the Middle East crises, American spying, domestic protests, and the 2014 World Cup.
Read More EssayBrazilian TriumphsJerry Dávila. Egypt's youth unites against the old guard. In the weeks since president Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign on February 11, the same coalition that led the uprising in Tahrir Square has frequently and vigorously taken action to continue the Egyptian revolution.
Labour federations, student movements, women's organisations and new liberal-leaning Islamist youth groups have forced out Mubarak's allies at television networks and newspapers, shuttered the hated State Security and police ministries, confiscated police files on dissidents, triggered more cabinet resignations and pursued indictments against perpetrators of police brutality, state corruption and religious bigotry. They have established new political parties, fended off attempts to circumscribe women's rights, expanded the millions-strong independent labour federation, reclaimed university administrations and staged the first truly free elections for university councils, professional syndicates and labour unions in Egypt's modern history. Yes to democracy, yes to unity. Egypt orders Suzanne Mubarak held - Egyptian Protests. Egyptian authorities on Friday ordered ex-first lady Suzanne Mubarak detained over allegations she took advantage of her husband’s position to enrich herself.
A doctor said she passed out on hearing the news, and state-run Egyptian television later reported that she had been put in the intensive care unit at the hospital in this Red Sea resort community. The detention order came after Mrs. Mubarak, 70, was questioned Thursday for the first time since corruption allegations against her surfaced following her husband Hosni Mubarak’s ouster from the presidency in February. A security official said Mrs. Mubarak will remain in the hospital for the time being but was expected to be moved to a women’s prison in Cairo. Once a low-key first lady known for her focus on women and children rights, Mrs. She was believed to be a strong backer of her son Gamal’s efforts to succeed his father as well as another son Alaa’s business activities.
Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Egyptian state TV said Mrs. One of Mrs. Egypt: Egypt opposition splinters after overthrowing Hosni Mubarak - latimes.com. Khaled Elsayd, 27, is an activist who helped mobilize Egyptians in protest… (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles…) Reporting from Cairo — They brought down an autocrat and now hunch over position papers, microphones, BlackBerrys and meals from McDonald's.
Revolution is messy but lasting power is won, young activists are learning, in meticulous battles of negotiations, egos and intrigue. The new breed of professionals who helped topple President Hosni Mubarak is watching its rebellion turn into a political struggle among the country's splintered opposition forces, remnants of the former ruling regime and the army, which has taken control of the nation until the constitution is amended and elections are held.
Not wanting to be left out of the future government, two competing groups of young activists are meeting with the military and distancing themselves from longtime opposition figures they regard as inept and weakened from years of oppression by Egyptian security forces. Egypt's liberals are losing the battle - Egypt. One hundred heady days - Money. Impatient Egyptians must keep sound policies - Egypt. Putting the genie back in the bottle - Egypt.