Comments on: Yesterday’s Demo in Shubra

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:57:25 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:17:22 +0000

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By: SP

SP — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 05:55:37 +0000

I hope the Kefaya lot and all their offshoots/allies are sensible enough to realise that they can’t give the regime a stick to beat them with by getting into clashes with security forces. Non-violent civil disobedience is most powerful. With all the cameras that are present at demonstrations these days, I doubt the regime will be able to get away with inciting riots either.

By: Alif

Alif — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:30:12 +0000

I’m still contemplating this new behaviour, (unwitnessed before?).

What I fear is that the next demo, or the one after, riots incited by the regime’s direction will be the basis for more violent behaviour to come.

Pessimistic, yes..because I don’t understand this one!

By: Sp

Sp — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:13:11 +0000

Of course he drives a Lexus - remember The Lexus and the Olive Tree?

By: Issandr El Amrani

Issandr El Amrani — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:08:19 +0000

I thought he drove a Toyota Prius! Won’t the Lexus eat up all that fuel the Saudis are blackmailing America with?!?

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:08:35 +0000

Unrelated to this post, but possibly of prurient interest to Arabist editors and readers, Thomas Friedman drove past me Thursday in Washington, DC, while I was cycling. You know what else? He drives a Lexus. I was so astonished I didn’t even have time to flip him the bird before he was gone.

By: A7mad

A7mad — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:02:10 +0000

We can’t thank u enough, Josh.

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By: SP

SP — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:25:52 +0000

Teehee…I figured you were either being sardonic or super-earnest and worried about your blog being shut down

By: Josh Stacher

Josh Stacher — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:00:10 +0000

SP - I, too, have a difficult time reconciling all these offshoots from Kifaya. But actually speaking with the various activists, it seems that there are discontented people who don’t want to link up with Kifaya but are comfortable with other groups like PC4Change, Youth4Change, Shafeenkum,the no-name internet independent group, and the National Apology Campaign.

There are slight divisions and people are rallying around different groups loosed based off of what Kifaya started in December 04. So it is a bit beyond Kifaya at this point from my understanding.

As per the torture bit, I was sarcastically referencing the NCHR first annual report, which was released in April 05. When the report discusses torture in Egypt, that is the types of phrases they use. Sorry if the reference wasn’t clear.

By: SP

SP — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:36:01 +0000

Great summary and pictures, Josh. I didn’t hear many comments from the onlookers except for the odd “al mu’arada” with knowing nod and laugh, but would be curious to know what sorts of things people heard.

What’s with the Popular Campaign for Change vs. Popular Movements for Change? It seemed like a Kefaya show to me. It’s all rather like the Judean People’s Front and the Popular Front of Judea….

As for the unverified accusations of torture, there are endless testimonies in the papers and documentation by human rights orgs…

http://hrw.org/reports/2005/egypt0505/