Tweet Al Midan (The Square) Jan. 25 will mark the 11th anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, where for the first time in history, millions of Egyptians marched into the streets to claim their country back. No public place symbolized this revolution like Tahrir Square, which most Egyptians know as “Al Midan”. Sitting in my living room in Minnetonka, MN 11 years ago glowed to TV Aljazeera Arabic, where the revolution was televised. 18 glorious days of protest that toppled 30 years of dictatorship. Al Midan has been the traditional gathering place for Egyptians with a grievance; it inspired the world even Occupied Wall Street Movement in America.. A few months…
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Egypt Election, and the Egomaniac Dictator. Dr. Ahmed Ghanim explains !
Tweet Wednesday marks the last of three days of voting in Egypt, in a presidential election seen as little more than a referendum on the rule of President Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi.At three polling stations across Cairo, a trickle of mostly elderly voters on Monday and Tuesday walked past heavy security, including armed soldiers and police, to get to the ballot box. At one polling station in the Giza neighbourhood of Haram, a young soldier guarded the entrance from behind a pile of sandbags, the barrel of his gun pointed at the path of incoming voters. CNN Gallary:
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Book Review, Breathing Hope and Fear, Egypt Since 2011: #Jan25 #Egypt
Tweet Denis G. Campbell has provided Americas, Middle East and Business Commentary to global television (BBC, itv, Al Jazeera, CNN) radio and numerous print magazines and newspapers for the last 14-years. He is co-host of weekly The Three Muckrakers podcast on iTunes and Google Play’s Podcast Nation. An American/British journalist and author, he is based in Wales. As Editor of UK Progressive Magazine, he is a frequent political, business and Middle East analyst and contributor. Gallary: