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Mai Shams El-Din

An Eyewitness Account of the Attack on the Presidential Palace Sit-in

[Protesters marching to the presidential palace on 4 December 2012, carrying banners calling for avenging the martyrs. Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy]

Clashes escalated between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi around the presidential palace in Heliopolis on Wednesday after the sit-in there was attacked.   Tens of protesters staging a sit-in were confronted in the afternoon by a rally of hundreds of pro-Morsi demonstrators in the absence of security forces. The day before, thousands had marched to the palace, denouncing a constitutional declaration issued by Morsi that grants him sweeping ...

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Revolution Protection Law May Fail To Live Up To Its Name

[Tahrir protests on November 23rd against the latest decisions of President Morsi. Image originally posted to Flickr by Zeinab Mohamed.]

After passing a controversial constitutional declaration late Thursday giving himself expansive powers, President Mohamed Morsy later went on to articulate the details of the Revolution Protection Law introduced in the declaration.  Meant to uphold revolutionary demands, the law failed to quell the anger of the thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square, who vociferously called for the downfall of Morsy and the new regime.  Although there have been numerous ...

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