Egypt: daily updates
Follow our rolling blog for coverage of protests in Egypt, from Rachel Aspden, Avi Asher-Schapiro and other correspondents in Cairo
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Egyptian army: “We will not relinquish power because a slogan-chanting crowd said so”
All is quiet on Mohamed Mahmoud Street, the epicentre of the last week’s clashes between Egyptian police and protestors calling for the end of military rule. Beginning early Thursday morning, military personnel secured the area as protestors retreated to Tahrir Square. Protestors looked on while military cranes erected a barricade... -
Tahrir Square vs the silent majority
On the fifth day of protests in Tahrir Square, Egypt’s military ruler Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi addressed the nation with the offer of concessions including a referendum on the immediate transfer of power to a civilian government, and the election of a president by July 2012. His pre-recorded address... -
Back to Tahrir Square
As dusk fell tonight, Tahrir Square was packed with thousands of protestors demanding the fall of Egypt’s military government. On the third consecutive day of protests and after 36 hours of clashes with the security forces, there was a lull. Sweet potato, corncob and candy-floss vendors mingled with the crowds.... -
Matters of taste
The dish that helped fuel Egypt’s revolution -
Will Ahmadinejad be the next to fall?
Today, as Muammar Gaddafi’s control of Libya hangs in the balance, he may look to Iran for comfort. Twenty months after the “green uprising” the Iranian leadership is still in place. Unlike Egypt and Tunisia, both Iran and Libya are predominantly oil-fuelled economies and the skyrocketing of oil prices in... -
Arab democracy: A family affair
Getting rid of the head of state is one thing, standing up to the head of your family quite another -
Hobbes vs Kropotkin on the streets of Cairo
Friday morning in Cairo began as a battle between the protestors and the security forces. In the evening, the Interior Ministry ordered their men to withdraw and by night, the police had disappeared from the streets. All weekend, throughout Egypt the tens of thousands of armed men that normally provide...
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