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Tahrir Square was the focal point of the 2011 Egyptian revolution against former president Hosni Mubarak. [19] Over 50,000 protesters first occupied the square on 25 January, during which the area's wireless services were reported to be impaired. [ 20 ]
Egyptian businessman Khaled Said was beaten to death by police in June 2010, reportedly in retaliation for a video he posted showing Egyptian police sharing the spoils of a drug bust. Wael Ghonim's memorial Facebook page to Said grew to over 400,000 followers, creating an online arena where protestors and those discontented with the government ...
Egyptian medics say a police and army assault on anti-government protesters in Cairo has killed at least three people, raising the death toll in Egypt to at least five killed in two days of unrest. Police in Cairo lobbed teargas into crowds of protesters angry at the military government's continued role in political life.
Inspired by young Egyptians who took to the streets in 2011, “We Live in Cairo” follows six student activists trying to overthrow Hosni Mubarak.
The Square (Arabic: الميدان, romanized: Al-Maydan) is a 2013 Egyptian-American documentary film by Jehane Noujaim, which depicts the Egyptian Crisis until 2013, starting with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 at Tahrir Square. [4] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards. [5]
Its founders, including Islam Lotfy, Mohamed el-Kasaas and Mohamed Abbas, were amongst the young leaders of the Egyptian revolution and broke with the Brotherhood to help lead the first day of protests that brought down Hosni Mubarak. [84] On 26 June, John McCain and John Kerry visited Egypt at the head of a U.S. business delegation. Both ...
The anniversary of the Egyptian revolution of 1952 led by the Free Officers is commemorated as Revolution Day, an annual public holiday in Egypt on 23 July. The name was consciously assumed by the Free Officers and Civilians Movement , led by Brigadier-General Najib al-Salihi who opposed Saddam Hussein.
The Egyptian Crisis (Arabic: الأزمة المصرية, romanized: al-ʿazma al-Maṣriyya) was a period that started with the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and ended with the beginning of the presidency of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2014. It was a tumultuous three years of political and social unrest, characterized by mass protests, a series of ...