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The Egyptian Revolution: Its Context, the Feminist Movement, and the 3 Years Since the Overthrow of Mubarak

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Saturday, January 25th 2014

7:00 pm

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THREE YEARS AGO, on January 25th, 2011, Egyptians took to the streets in large numbers, inspired by the revolt that led to the downfall of the Ben Ali regime in Tunisia. Met with deadly police violence, they called for a "Day of Rage" on January 28th, which saw some of the largest protests in modern Egyptian history. The movement's demands became revolutionary, for "the downfall of the regime," and for "الخبز والحرية والعدالة الاجتماعية" (bread, freedom, and social justice). On the third anniversary of the uprising, we host a talk with Egyptian feminist Nana Elhariry (Cairo), a participant in the revolution and in protests since. Don't miss it!

After 3 weeks of unprecedented people power and 1,000 dead, Mubarak stepped down, and elections (under the control of the Army) were announced later in the year, which ushered in a government under the Muslim Brotherhood (al-Ikhwan), Egypt's largest political party. Then, on June 30th, 2013, a popular protest ran concurrent with a military coup against the Muslim Brotherhood and President Morsi, which resulted in 1,000 more dead, many prisoners, a bitterly divided society, and an Egypt once against under the full control of the Army.

Nana Elhariry was there in January and February of 2011. She will speak in Baltimore about the 5 years before and the years since the revolution, outlining the context that led to the revolt and some aspects of its participants. She will specifically talk about the feminist movement in Egypt, and her personal reflections from the revolution itself.

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