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I participated in the January Revolution!

Bárbara Azaola | May 05 2016

Egypt

With the hashtag "I participated in the January revolution", social networks in Egypt have been awash with recollections and protestation on the fifth anniversary of the 25 January 2011 revolution. The mobilisation on both Facebook and Twitter in defence of those 18 days of mass protests that led to the overthrow of then-President Hosni Mubarak, has been a breath of fresh air and a change compared to last year's anniversary.

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More than just a Constitutional Referendum

Bárbara Azaola | Feb 07 2014

Egypt

The High Election Commission, the institution in charge of organising and supervising Egypt's constitutional referendum, held January 14th and 15th 2014, announced its results on January 18th. With a 38.6% turnout – around 21 million of the 53 million Egyptian men and women entitled to vote – 98.1% chose to ratify the new constitution.

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Egypt's Second Revolutionary Wave

Bárbara Azaola | Dec 11 2012

Egypt

Taking advantage of the 'success' of his mediation in the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi has engineered a self-coup. Amid a context of “Morsimania” - with the foreign press given over to glowing analysis of his personality and pragmatic foreign policy – President Morsi announced on 22 November, via his spokesman Yasser Ali, a new constitutional declaration of seven articles that places him above the law and the country's institutions.

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