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Mozn Hassan

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Military and Intelligence at Egypt's Democratic Dawn

Feb 02 2011
[Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi. Image from unknown archive]

[Mozn sent this post an hour ago from Egypt. 4 am Cairo time; 9 pm Washington DC time] If the military is ever to be a legitimate national force, it must side with the protesters against Mubarak’s thugs and the police. These thugs have been ridiculously and mistakenly labeled by right-wing media as “pro-Mubarak demonstrators. This critical junction in the Egyptian Uprising when is the Egyptian Army’s moment of truth. As thousands of unarmed demonstrators are tortured, ...

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Mozn Hassan

 

Mozn Hassan is the Director for the El-Nazra for Feminist Studies in Cairo, is a prominent leader of the Democracy Movement in Egypt and an expert in human rights, international law, gender policy, and constitutional reform.

 

“So on the anniversary of Said’s death, consider this a call to reinvigorate the Saidian virtues: solidarity and criticism, patient analysis and impatience with stupidity, public intellectual engagement and intemperate outbursts. We need them all.”
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