Like in 1952, the army is trying to silence opposition with the Muslim Brotherhood's help. But can the Tahrir mentality stop history from repeating?
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Like in 1952, the army is trying to silence opposition with the Muslim Brotherhood's help. But can the Tahrir mentality stop history from repeating?
As millions of Egyptians cast their first democratic vote in decades, recent upheavals confirm that Egypt’s military is the biggest threat to freedom.
The ornamental 'official opposition' in Egypt is as dangerous as the authoritarian regime itself.
The army is giving Egyptians a stark choice: choose freedom and endure anarchy, or choose stability and put up with us.
Egyptians will no longer tolerate paying for the state-run newspapers that peddled Hosni Mubarak's propaganda.
“You won’t fool the children of the revolution.” Especially not if they’re Twittering away on their mobile phones.
The time is ripe to crystallise a creative vision for Egyptian democracy, one that can perhaps be used as a model by other Arab countries.
Arab revolutionary fever has spread to Europe as Belgians raise their freedom fries, not to bring down a regime but to ask for one to be formed.
To truly succeed, Egypt’s revolution needs to trigger a profound evolution in every strata of society.
Mr Mubarak, you have the extraordinary knack for snatching mediocrity from the jaws of greatness. But the Egyptian people will write their own future.
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