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The Battle for Public Space: Squares and Streets of the Egyptian Revolution
![[Protesters standing on a tank in Tahrir Square. Image from Hossam El-Hamalawy Archive.]](/content_images/3/sm_PublicSpaceEgypt.png "[Protesters standing on a tank in Tahrir Square. Image from Hossam El-Hamalawy Archive.]")
Over the course of the first year of the January 25 Revolution, some public squares have become symbols of revolution, while others have come to represent support for the transitional military regime. Space is never something that people simply use; we make meaning out of space through how we use it. And Egypt's revolution has seen a transformation in public space. That it is no longer surprising to see public walls adorned with political graffiti—even those of Cairo’s ...
Keep Reading »25 January Anniversary Demonstrations: All Roads Lead to Tahrir
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Activists map out locations from which they plan to march towards Cairo's Tahrir Square Wednesday on the first anniversary of uprising that toppled Mubarak. Activists have established multiple starting points from which scheduled marches will set out towards Cairo’s Tahrir Square on the occasion of the first anniversary of Egypt’s 25 January Revolution on Wednesday. The day is expected to witness dozens of separate demonstrations, in which participants plan to hold up ...
Keep Reading »Free Egyptians Deny Reported Coalition with Salafist Al-Nour Party
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Leading secularist party says it has no plans to enter into an alliance with hardline Islamists to check the Brotherhood's influence in parliament. The Free Egyptians Party has denied building a new coalition after the conclusion of Egypt's first three phases of parliamentary elections. The party, founded by telecommunications mogul Naguib Sawiris, was the leading player of the liberal Egyptian Bloc during elections for the lower house of parliament in December and ...
Keep Reading »Activist Abou Doma Denies Attacking Army, Allowed to Attend Exams
![[Ahmed Abou Doma. Image from Ahram Online.]](/content_images/3/sm_2012-634620595425072192-507.jpg "[Ahmed Abou Doma. Image from Ahram Online.]")
Member of Youth for Justice and Freedom Movement detained for thirty days on charges of inciting violence against army during last month's Cairo clashes. Egyptian authorities have detained political activist Ahmed Abou Doma on charges of inciting violence against the army and encouraging attacks on public property during clashes in central Cairo in mid-December. The defendant was arrested on the order of judges Wageeh El-Shaeer and Wagdy Abdel Azim, both commissioned by ...
Keep Reading »Islamist "Morality Police" to Train Volunteers in Using Electric Batons
![[Screen shot of Facebook page for Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.]](/content_images/3/sm_2012-634619705951853011-185.jpg "[Screen shot of Facebook page for Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.]")
A controversial hardliner group in Egypt announces that it purchased 1000 tazers to help its cadre defend themselves as they 'promote virtue' on the country's streets. The self-proclaimed islamist "Morality Police" announced on its new official Facebook page that it has acquired 1,000 tazers to be distributed to volunteers who will promote "virtue" and combat "vice" in the Egyptian street. The "Morality Police", which models itself ...
Keep Reading »Al-Azhar Calls for SCAF to Handover Power 'Without Delay'
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Egypt’s official religious authority launches initiative to bring key political and religious figures together to discuss "completing the revolution’s goals." The handover of power from the military must happen “on schedule and without delay” and the current trials of former regime officials must be accelerated, said Al-Azhar at a meeting hosted by the Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb, on Wednesday. The statement comes as a conclusion to a national dialogue conference ...
Keep Reading »Third-round Parliamentary Run-Offs Wrap Up in Nine Governorates
The third and final round of Egypt's first post-revolution elections draw to close Wednesday amid scattered reports of irregularities. Third-round run-off elections in Egypt’s first post-Mubarak parliamentary polls were held for the second and final day on Wednesday. According to midday reports, polling stations in several governorates had seen a relatively low turnout. Runoffs are currently being held in nine Egyptian governorates (Qalioubiya, Gharbiya, Dakhaliya, North ...
Keep Reading »SCAF’s Advisory Council Lobbying for 'Constitution First' Resolve
The military's appointed advisory council encourages political parties to promote drafting the constitution before holding presidential elections, contrary to a revolutionary initiative to have elections in January. “Consensus has to be reached between political forces on the issue of drafting the new constitution before holding presidential elections. It is not a sound resolution to elect a president without a constitution to define his powers,” announced Mohamed El-Kholy, ...
Keep Reading »Ayman Nour Questioned Over Role in Cabinet Clashes
Presidential hopeful arrives at court Tuesday to answer charges of inciting December's violent clashes outside Cabinet building. Would-be presidential contender Ayman Nour arrived at a courtroom in New Cairo on Tuesday where he will be questioned about his role in last month’s violent clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces near the Egyptian Cabinet building in downtown Cairo Nour has been accused of inciting the 16 ...
Keep Reading »Islamist Lawyer Charges Billionaire Sawiris with Illicit Gains
Beleaguered Coptic business tycoon and liberal icon Naguib Sawiris accused by Islamic fundamentalist attorney of profiting from close association with ousted Mubarak regime. Ali Ismail, a lawyer for Egyptian Islamist movement Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya, has lodged a complaint against Coptic-Christian billionaire Naguib Sawiris with Egypt’s Illicit Gains Authority, accusing the high-profile businessman of the illegal acquisition of ...
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