A Portrait of a Revolutionary: Hossam El-Hamalawy on the Role of the Egyptian Army (Part 2)

What role did judges and human rights lawyers play in the revolutionary movement?

This is a fantastic interview. I look forward to many more! Thanks, Hossam and Bassam.

Excellent, very informative analysis. It also explains why there are still so many political prisoners and clear evidence of torture by the army and even crimes like the military trial of Amr El-Beheiri, while everyone keeps praising the army and insisting that the revolution has accomplished its objectives.

That's been driving me crazy, frankly, but Hossam's interview has helped me to understand what's really going on, behind all the pretty words.

I have never been prouder to call myself Egyptian, and I am in awe of those who are carrying out this revolution. They are noble and brilliant and determined and very, very hard to fool.

The enemy may be cunning but he's no match for the Egyptian people, especially with sharp-eyed, outspoken analysts like Hossam and youth like the ones who collapsed the regime and collapsed the Amn el Dawla and who will continue to break every chain and remove every blindfold and gag from our people.

I also love your blog.

Given that the military historically protected its wealth through a one-party dictatorship, is it possible that it could tolerate a multi-party parliamentary system with trade-union freedom? Or do you think it is inevitable that it will try to return to a Mubarek-style dictatorship?

At the very end Hossam asks Bassam whether he's seen some three-part thing online? Can anyone clarify what he was referring to? Thanks.

#FreeAmr!

Thanks for all the info and analysis! Many questions but here is one. Is there political organizing being attempted among lower ranking officers and regular conscripts of the army? Can you give a sense of some of this effort?

Can you comment on the idea of the Egyptian Army and/or Air Force intervening on behalf of the international community in Libya?

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Illuminating interview. A warning to those activists who are placing their faith in the army to uphold and even continue the revolution.