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A look inside Egypt

Photo by Ali Mustafa.
Toronto-based activist Ali Mustafa recently captured powerful images from the ongoing struggle in Egypt.

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The Egyptian revolution continues: An interview with journalist Hossam El-Hamalawy

Hossam el-Hamalawy is a leading Egyptian journalist, photographer, and socialist activist from Cairo who maintains the widely followed blog 3arabawy. He is also actively involved in the Revolutionary Socialists, the Center for Socialist Studies, and the Workers Democratic Party. Canadian journalist Ali Mustafa had the fortunate opportunity to sit down and talk with him about his views on the current state of the Egyptian revolution following the latest revolt in Tahrir Square this past November, arguably the fiercest and most important display of popular resistance to the ruling military regime to take place since the January 25 uprising that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak some ten months ago.
 

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Egyptian feminism has unity and the moral high ground

Nawal el Saadawi at the 4th Annual Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture in 2009. Photo: Beowulf Sheehan/PEN American Center
Arab feminists have kick-started many critical debates among contemporary Muslims; their originality of thought wields far-reaching and profound influence.

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My mother's account of Tahrir Square attacks

Protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, with identification taken from a pro-Mubarak rioter which shows that person to be a member of security forces. Feb. 2, 2011. Photo: omarroberthamilton/Flickr

From an Egyptian-Canadian student: "My mother, Mariam, is a medical doctor in Egypt. She was in Tahrir today -- Thursday, Feb. 3 -- treating people who had been wounded in yesterday's vicious attacks. She wanted me to share this information with as many people as possible."

Mariam's account:

"Despite what happened yesterday, the mood in Tahrir is still uplifting and encouraging. These people were attacked yesterday by paid thugs bearing ‘white weapons' (knives, daggers, swords). Against these attacks, they defended themselves with only their bare hands and literally the ground beneath their feet -- pulling up the pavement to throw at their attackers.

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U.S. corporations choose despots over democracy

"People holding a sign 'To: America. From: the Egyptian People. Stop supporting Mubarak. It's over!" so tweeted my brave colleague, Democracy Now! senior producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous, from the streets of Cairo.

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Falling Arab dictatorships and Israeli government panic

The walls are crumbling. The walls behind which dictators indulge in decadent opulence while "their" people are mired in wretched circumstance. The walls behind which "leaders" secretly sell -- for personal gain -- the rights of the people they claim to represent.

Across North Africa and the Middle East, across the Arab world, for decades dictatorship and deepening corruption, firmly supported by imperial powers, seemed beyond challenge. Today, once "stable" regimes are now facing a popular reckoning.

From the vantage point of Palestine, there are three new dynamics.

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Egypt: Days of Anger in the Age of Terror

Montreal protest in support of Egypt, Jan. 28, 2011. Photo: Sarah Ghabrial

On Friday afternoon, starting around 2 p.m., 175 people gathered in front of the Egyptian consulate in Montreal to show their solidarity with the Egyptian protesters who have been calling since Tuesday for the end of Hosni Mubarak's regime.

Montreal supporters chanted for three hours in French, Arabic, and English, calling for an end to rampant poverty, police brutality, torture, corruption, economic stagnation, and dictatorship. "The youth want liberty and dignity!" they cried. "Down with Mubarak and all dictators!" Their signs and banners showed solidarity with the Tunisian movement that was seen to have sparked the protests in Egypt.

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Canada: A model of interfaith harmony?

| January 12, 2011

Egypt: The Revolution Continues

May 24 2012 - 3:03pm
Jun 3 2012 - 3:03pm

Location

Beit Zatoun
612 Markham Street
Toronto, ON M6G 2L8
Canada
43° 39' 53.2584" N, 79° 24' 44.6868" W

 

When May 24, 2012 - June 03, 2012

Where Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham Street, Toronto, ON M6G 2L8 (TTC: Bathurst subway stop on Bloor line)

 

Exhibition: Thursday, May 24 to Sunday, June 3

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 26 at 7 pm

 

Contact name: 
Ali Mustafa
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