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Jan 25, 2012

Video: Dispatch from Tahrir Square

By Mara Revkin

Mara Revkin interviewed EgyptSource contributor Magdy Samaan from Tahrir Square on January 25, amid celebrations and protests commemorating the anniversary of the Egyptian revolution. Greetings from Cairo on January 25. I have been closely observing the anniversary protests on the ground with my colleague Magdy Samaan, a former visiting fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik […]

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Jan 25, 2012

Top News: Thousands Rally in Tahrir on the Anniversary of the Revolution

By Mara Revkin

Security forces and military personnel are noticeably absent from Tahrir as tens of thousands pack the square on January 25 for celebrations and demonstrations commemorating the anniversary of the revolution.

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Jan 24, 2012

Will Labor Movements Play a Role in January 25 Demonstrations?

By Nadine Abdalla

One year after the revolution triggered by the slogan, “Bread, Freedom and Social Justice,” Egyptians have gained some freedoms – despite the continuous crackdown on civil society and activist – but so far they have seen little progress toward the goals of achieving social and economic justice.

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Jan 24, 2012

From King to Spring: Parallels Between the Civil Rights Movement and Egypt’s Revolution

By Khaled Beydoun

It is a striking coincidence that the first anniversary of Egypt’s January 25 Revolution – which unseated longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak – will take place only days after the United States commemorates civil rights icon, Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Jan 24, 2012

The Emergency Law Revisited

By Tarek Radwan

Field Marshall Mohamed Hussein Tantawi announced today on Egyptian state television the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ (SCAF) decision to lift the state of emergency, to take effect on the anniversary of the January 25 revolution, “except in cases involving thuggery.”

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Jan 24, 2012

Deal or no Deal: Is Egypt Headed Towards a Power Sharing Agreement Between the SCAF and the Muslim Brotherhood?

By Dina Shehata

The final results of the People’s Assembly elections have been formally announced, confirming that Islamists now enjoy an overwhelming majority in the first freely elected parliament in Egypt since the 1952 revolution.

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Jan 24, 2012

Egypt’s Revolution at an Inflection Point

By Michele Dunne

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Jan 23, 2012

Video: Official Election Results and First Parliamentary Session

By Mara Revkin

Egypt’s newly elected 508-member People’s Assembly convened for its first session on January 23. New parliamentarians took their constitutional oaths berore voting to elect a new parliamentary speaker (Brotherhood member Saad al-Katatny, winning with 399 votes) and two deputies (voting is still underway). Official results for party list-races were released on January 21, confirming the Islamist […]

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Jan 23, 2012

Top News: Islamist-Dominated Parliament Convenes for Opening Session

By Mara Revkin

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Jan 20, 2012

Seeking Consensus, Egypt’s Brotherhood Party Remains Wary of Alliance with Salafis

By Sondos Asem

Despite widespread speculation to the contrary, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing — the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) — has consistently ruled out the possibility of forming any strategic alliance with the Salafist Nour Party. Although the two parties have been indiscriminately – and incorrectly — lumped together as "Islamists" by some observers, the FJP has been […]