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In Cairo, a demoralizing spectacle
This time ‘people power’ returned Egypt to the Mubarak era, only worse. Since I spend most of my writing time denouncing the Israeli public for its rotten political inclinations, I think I have the right to call it as I see it about the Egyptian public, which has really put on a show these last…
By
Larry Derfner
July 5, 2013
Postcards from Tahrir: ‘No freedom, bread or social justice’
As Egypt’s currency continues to fall and the IMF strings for a bailout package that will end fuel and food subsides, popular anger has turned on the country’s first democratically elected president. Now, out on the streets of Cairo, protesters are being confronted by the same forces they fought in order to overthrow Mubarak in 2011.…
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January 31, 2013
A matter of choice: Why optimism is integral to anti-occupation activism
Often times pessimism is caused by choosing to remain a spectator, and pretending to remain powerless instead of taking responsibility and deciding to act according to what one believes. But what does this mean, and how do you do it? By Tom Pessah In a recent +972 post, Noam Sheizaf wrote that “there is something…
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December 12, 2012
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The new Egypt – not so ‘dark’ after all
Despite the way it has been depicted in popular Israeli newspapers, the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate for president was less a vote for Islamism than a vote against dictatorship. Since the glory of the Tahrir revolt last January and February, things in Egypt have seemed to go downhill. The young secular idealists who started the protests were displaced by…
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Larry Derfner
June 26, 2012
Mubarak, a dictator for hire as next Israeli president
Yesterday was a historic day for the Egyptian people, as they turned the final page of the “court case of the century.” Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison, marking a precedent in the Middle East. Some Egyptians were hoping that Mubarak would receive a death sentence for his role in…
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Aziz Abu Sarah
June 3, 2012
On Jewish fears of Egyptian anti-Semitism in the post-Mubarak era
The Arab Spring presents a conundrum for many liberal Jews. As liberals they feel compelled to advocate self-determination over tyranny and democracy over dictatorship. But as Jews they worry that the Arab dictators, particularly Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, held down the lid on a seething Pandora’s Box of popular anti-Semitism. On the contrary, though, I would…
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Lisa Goldman
March 18, 2012
On Egypt and elsewhere: The Left’s fatal flaw
First of all, I’ve changed my mind about the point in my Saturday post that shocked people and got the most attention – that if I’d known last February that Islamists were going to democratically take over Egypt, I would have supported Mubarak instead of the protesters. Prodded to reconsider by a couple of commenters, I saw that this would have meant…
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Larry Derfner
January 24, 2012
+972 People of the Year: Bloggers’ picks
One would be hard-pressed to name a dull year in the history of the Middle East, and 2011 was no exception. It shares its beginnings with a domino effect of popular protest, sparked in Tunisia, which would ultimately see the fall of regimes whose iron fists had been decades-old fixtures. Even Israelis suddenly seemed to…
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December 30, 2011
Egypt: Soldiers planted flowers in Tahrir Square
CAIRO — Tahrir Square has been cleaned up. One day last week soldiers laid new turf in the central traffic island, and the next day they planted flowers. A day after that they erected a huge banner that confirmed the army’s commitment to the people and the goals of the revolution, but when I returned…
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Lisa Goldman
April 24, 2011
Removing the Mubarak name from public places
Egypt is gradually entering the post-Mubarak era. Yesterday I photographed this route map on a Cairo subway: the name of Mubarak Station had been scratched out, and someone had scrawled over it the word “martyrs” in green ink. Since the January 25 revolution, this type of defacement has been a common sight in Cairo public…
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Lisa Goldman
April 21, 2011
Egypt: Revolution’s benefits passed over factory workers
Forty percent of Egyptians live below the poverty line; and many of them are factory workers like the ones in Shebin, a town two hours north of Cairo by car. Despite having played an active role in the events leading up to the deposing of Hosni Mubarak, they are still working full time for a…
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Lisa Goldman
April 20, 2011
Eyes on the prize: A Palestinian analysis of the Egyptian revolution
When the Egyptian people went to the streets to demand their freedom, they stuck to one message: Mubarak must go and the regime must fall. By keeping their eyes on the prize, the protesters succeeded in achieving their goal. What lessons can the Palestinian people learn from the Egyptian revolution? By Maath Musleh Like most…
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February 15, 2011
The Egyptian revolution (as seen from a hotel room in Eilat)
A simple weekend vacation in the south had some more meaning as the region was changing around us The magic of it all I happened to be in Eilat this weekend for a deserved rest as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was spending his last hours in Cairo. I was watching Fox News (that’s all they…
By
Ami Kaufman
February 12, 2011
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