The government shuts down communication, now Egyptians are trying to shut down the government.
I'm not sure what they expect to happen though. Protests are not even remotely effective as they used to, do they expect him to just remove his damn self from the throne?
I'm not sure what they expect to happen though. Protests are not even remotely effective as they used to, do they expect him to just remove his damn self from the throne?
They're a strong nation, I wish them the best.
That's true, but something in the Egyptian psyche has changed. This one is different. A popular, non-religious uprising against an authoritarian regime that spanned for 3 decades. Tunisia have given them a strong inspiration to overthrow a power out of the office.
CAIRO -- On Friday evening, within hours of Tunisian ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fleeing the popular uprising against him, approximately one hundred Egyptian activists demonstrated in front of the Tunisian Embassy in Cairo. Though they were ultimately beaten back by security forces, their swift mobilization immediately revived activists' hopes for a region-wide "Arab Spring," in which the "Tunisian scenario" would be replicated in Egypt and beyond.
"What happened in Tunisia is a model," says Amir Salah, a researcher at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. "It shows that can we can do it."
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"What happened in Tunisia is a model," says Amir Salah, a researcher at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. "It shows that can we can do it."