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“The cabinet is astonished by the United States’ decision on Wednesday to halt some of its military aid to Egypt at this critical moment when Egypt is fighting terrorism,” The Egyptian government responds to cut in aid. | Ahram Online
- Egypt’s army chief says will continue protecting people’s mandate
- Violence erupts across Egypt on October 6 anniversary
- Constitution Party’s Khaled Daoud stabbed by ‘pro-Morsi protesters’
- Egypt revokes permit for Brotherhood NGO; Judicial authority recommends dissolution of FJP
- In rare interview, Sisi adds up Morsi’s missteps
- Egypt death toll on war anniversary climbs to fifty-seven; Most casualties killed with live fire
- Social Solidarity Ministry officially dissolves Brotherhood NGO
- IMF ready to work with Egypt’s government: Lagarde
- On Maspero anniversary, activists call for justice
- Islamists criticize Brotherhood’s continued call for protests
- Successive governments fail to implement social, economic justice: Egypt NGOs
- Cairo condemns Washington for suspending military aid
- Egypt cabinet ‘astonished’ by US decision to halt some military aid
- Egypt lifts travel ban on detained Canadians
- Morsi supporters march to mark 100 days since ouster, avoid Tahrir Square
Why is Maspero different? | Sarah Carr, Mada Masr
Sarah Carr, on behalf of Mada Masr, poses the important question of why the Maspero Massacre is remembered in a different way than the atrocities that followed.
“Aside from the [eighteen] days of the revolution itself, there is one event from that tumultuous year that is particularly seared into people’s memories, and which is commemorated in a way the others are not: The Maspero Massacre of October 9.”
“The difference to me is that there were no front lines and a dignified fight. There was a march of women, children and those believing Egypt is theirs at last, and must fight even the church for their rights as citizens,” Sally Toma says.
“The very different public reaction to the killing by security forces of 600 protesters taking part in the pro-Mohamed Morsi sit-in at Rabea al-Adaweya in August of this year illustrates how complicated political death has become, and how it reveals more about the living than the deceased.”
Dark Clouds of the Sinai | Nadine Marroushi, The Slate
Nadine Marroushi provides rare coverage on Northern Sinai, the target of the Egyptian military’s ‘campaign against terrorists.’
People in attacked villages and towns, including those sympathetic to the military, complain that it is conducting its war indiscriminately, not differentiating between civilians and militants.”
“Sheikh Ibrahim El-Menaei, head of a coalition of Sinai’s tribes, says that at least [fifty-two] people have been killed since the military began its campaign in July; of those slain, [sixteen] were women and children. He is a vocal critic of Egypt’s policies toward the tribes.”
“In early September, Ahmed Abu Draa, a Sinai-based journalist, was jailed for reporting on attacks on women, children, and a mosque. The army says he published false news, and that his reporting is part of an “information war.” He has since been released with a six-month suspended sentence for entering a military zone without authorization.”
Video of the Week
Cairo in 1944
“On October 9, 2011, [twenty-eight] protesters were killed as they marched on Egypt’s state TV building, [Maspero]. In a two-part timeline, Ahram Online investigates eyewitness accounts that shed light on the night’s horrific sequence of events” | Ahram Online, EIPR
Leprosy Colony Abu Zaabal in Egypt | A beautiful photo essay of a leprosy colony in Egypt. Photos by Claudia Weins.
Translation: “Don’t be shocked, this isn’t an American film, it is al-Sisi man saving al-Mahrousa [Egypt] before she falls.”
Source: Al-Akhbar via Zenobia
On Twitter: Remembering Maspero
We can’t stop people we love from dying, but we can try and keep their memory alive especially when they’re wonderful people. #minadanial
— Wael Eskandar (@weskandar) October 8, 2013
Over 212 were injured in the #Maspero Massacre. Only 3 soldiers have been prosecuted & handed limited sentences in the 2 years since #Egypt
— Mai E. (@MaiE_89) October 8, 2013
Two years on, we still demand justice for those killed. #Maspero
— MK مريم (@MariamKirollos) October 9, 2013