As so often in world history, women were the catalyst for the #EgyptianRevolution, coming onto the streets in their thousands from #ThisDayInHistory in 1919 in Cairo and elsewhere to protest the British occupation and its arrest of #Wafd independence leaders like #SaadZaghlul.

Fifteen years have passed since the start of the #EgyptianRevolution, which led to the overthrow of the Mubarak regime on 25 January 2011.

In #TheCurrentColumn, Amirah El Haddad reflects on the lost promise of the #ArabSpring in Egypt: www.idos-research.de/en/the-curre...

And 15 years ago, young men and women filled the streets to resume their quest for a free Egypt. We knew it as the Friday of Anger. And it was the truest and purest form of protest I have ever experienced. #Egypt #EgyptianRevolution #FridayofAnger #ArabSpring

I was privileged to be present for the partly-successful #EgyptianRevolution, which began #ThisDayInHistory in 2011, with rallies, #CivilDisobedience, and labour strikes. The call to action by #AsmaaMahfouz remains powerful and should be heard everywhere:
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Exactly 15 years ago today, Egyptian men and women took to the streets and protested against tyranny and poverty. Their demands? Bread, freedom, and social justice.
#Egypt #EgyptianRevolution #25January #ArabSpring

‘Vete’, ‘lárgate’. Se cumplen 14 años del inicio de la revolución egipcia de enero de 2011 que derrocó a Mubarak #revoluciónde25deenero #25JanuaryRevolution #EgyptianRevolution

Forced to leave my home but never my cause. My story is one of courage, resistance, and a deep commitment to human rights. #HumanRights #JournalismMatters #DefendingRights
#PressFreedom
#Advocacy
#EgyptianRevolution
#HumanRightsEgypt
#EgyptianVoices

Egypt Under El-Sisi: A Nation on the Edge – review In Egypt Under El-Sisi: A Nation on the Edge, Maged Mandour challenges simplistic views of the aftermath of the Egyptian revolution’ in 2011, where mass protests against the government forced…

Egypt Under El-Sisi: A Nation on the Edge by
Maged Mandour @bloomsbury.bsky.social examines the #EgyptianRevolution on 25th January 2011, its immediate aftermath and the sociopolitics of the subsequent #ElSisi regime.

Read the review by Hesham Shafick. wp.me/p2MwSQ-har

Trailer of @TheSquareFilm #EgyptianRevolution (1st #documentary acquired by #Netflix) via @f_legall