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17Nov
2011
2011
A call to action for Egyptians living abroad
Attention all expatriate Egyptians: we have less than three days to make history. For many years, Egyptians living abroad could not vote. Now, for the first time in the past 30 years, Egyptians outside of Egypt are able to cast a vote in the Egyptian elections, after Egypt’s Administrative Court issued a ruling allowing them to take part in elections.
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28Oct
2011
2011
Criticisms on How We React to a Tyrant’s Death
On October 20th a dictator, a tyrant, an oppressor was defeated, captured, and killed. His death is not a shock to most of the world, it was inevitable–just as it is for us all. However, the presumed manner of his death, along with the supposed occurrences after his death, cast a sliver of disappointment among some of the supporters of the revolution who consider the circumstances of and the reaction to his death as a faux pas. The revolution can, in [...]
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6Mar
2011
2011
Limited Horizons: What the Movements We Support Reveal About Us as a Community
200 demonstrators gather outside of the Los Angeles Federal Building, dozens of flags floating in the air, each piece of cloth boldly declaring support for movements in Iran and Libya. As protests go, the one held on February 20th was small compared to one’s held in previous weeks for Egypt and Tunisia, yet it’s sometimes the smallest of events, the moments people tend to overlook, that can impact a community in ground-breaking ways. That is, if its people have enough [...]
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8Feb
2011
2011
Student Reflections on Amir Abdul Malik’s speech in Support of the Egyptian Revolution
Video by TomVeeTV shot on January 25th in San Fransisco. One of our readers share his thoughts on Amir Abdul Malik’s speech It’s quite obvious that Egypt is on the verge of revolution; thousands of citizens protest and call for the overthrow of dictator, Hosni Mubarak. The Egyptian people are gaining support throughout the world. Here in America, Amr Abdel Malek delivers a powerful message at a rally in support of the “Egyptian Revolution”. From the beginning of his speech, [...]
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6Feb
2011
2011
Interview with Alia Ghoneum, an Egyptian-American at UCLA
Al-Talib interviews Alia Ghoneum, an Egyptian-American senior at UCLA studying Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology. She shares her thoughts on the current situation in Egypt. A-T: Describe the social, political situation that led to the protests. why are people out there? Ghoneum: Egyptians are in the streets because they feel that their basic rights as humans have been violated. That they have been living under oppression, under a tyranny led by Mubarak. This revolution came from the youth, it was led by [...]
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