FREE SPEECH ZONE | BelAhdan and the virginity war in Egypt - Twin Cities Planet
27 May 2012, 4:38 pm
The chant In Tahrir Square that night, changed from "The people want toppling of the regime", to the "Military and the people are one hand" ... a month later, on March 9th . 2011, the Egyptian Military who which seized the power has had its hand ...

Brotherhood leads the way as voters face more of same - Sydney Morning Herald
27 May 2012, 8:59 am
an orthopaedic surgeon who was one of the volunteer doctors staffing the makeshift field clinics during the violent government crackdown on protesters in Tahrir Square last year. Like many Egyptians, Dr Guindy is scathing in his criticisms of the ...

Egypt’s new president must hit the ground running or face Tahrir - english.alarabiya.net
26 May 2012, 4:57 am
Egypt’s new president will have to deliver – and fast - on a number of pressing economic issues. For one, he faces the mammoth task of creating jobs for the 3.38 million unemployed, 77% of whom are between the ages of 15 and 29 according to ...

Revolutionaries dismayed by apparent result of Egyptian presidential vote - Miami Herald
25 May 2012, 5:52 pm
CAIRO -- Egyptians who stood in Tahrir Square 15 months ago demanding a revolution spent Friday stunned and shattered as the first democratic election here rejected their calls, instead producing a runoff between one candidate who wants an ...

4 Tahrir men held in C’nawabganj - The Daily Star
25 May 2012, 5:06 am
Rapid Action Battalion on Friday arrested four members of banned Islamist outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj. Rab personnel also seized a huge number of books on religion and jihad, leaflets and three mobile phone sets from their ...

What do the Tahrir Revolution youth want from a new president? - Philadelphia Daily News
24 May 2012, 8:34 am
When I interviewed young veterans of the January revolt in voter lines, and cafes, they all saw the vote as an extension of the revolution. They all rejected the so-called faloul candidates with links to the past regime,meaning former Prime Minister Ahmed ...

Egypt: Tahrir youth lashes out at Islamists - Ansa
23 May 2012, 6:05 am
(ANSAmed) - CAIRO, MAY 23 - ''Yes, we made a mistake in the period following the Tahrir Square protests, since we allowed Islamists to steal the revolution. It is not over yet, and we will continue to address all Egyptians to get the rights that the ...

Facebook and Tahrir Square, Revisited - Common Dreams
21 May 2012, 2:36 pm
Remember the heady days of the Arab spring? People in motion. Democracy breaking out all over. And right in the middle of everything... Facebook! Anti-Mubarak youth talk near graffiti referring to social networking site “Facebook” in Tahrir ...

Tahrir Square Comes to Cannes - New York Times
16 May 2012, 10:03 am
CANNES, FRANCE — The Egyptian filmmaker Yousry Nasrallah’s “After the Battle” is set in the heart of Cairo, his home ground. The story is about a clash between men on horseback and camels and young demonstrators in Tahrir Square on Feb ...

Dataran Merdeka is not Tahrir Square: Malaysia is not Egypt - Aliran
7 May 2012, 4:08 am
No one went for the Bersih ‘sit-in’ or ‘walk-in’ in Kuala Lumpur on 28 April with the intention of staying overnight, whether on the Dataran or anywhere else in the city, observes Tommy Thomas. The Prime Minister’s recent statement that Bersih ...