A Nation Divided: Protests Marking Anniversary of Egypt's Revolution Turn Violent

January 25, 2013 from New TV via Mosaic

Various Egyptian forces gathered in Tahrir Square and other Egyptian squares to express their dissatisfaction with the Islamist domination of political power. The people have the same demands and the same slogan since January 25th, 2011: Bread, Freedom, and Social Justice. New TV's Mona Ashmawi reports.

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Tahrir Square

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Egyptian Revolution

The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 took place following a popular uprising that began on 25 January 2011. It was a diverse movement of demonstrations, marches, plaza occupations, riots, non-violent civil resistance, acts of civil disobedience and labor strikes. Millions of protes... Explore this topic

Al-Ahly

Al Ahly Sporting Club, commonly known as simply Al Ahly, is an Egyptian sporting club. Founded in April 1907, Al Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century". Al Ahly is the most successful club of the 20th century in the... Explore this topic

Ultras Ahlawy

Ultras Ahlawy is an Egyptian ultras group that supports the Cairo-based Egyptian Premier League football club Al-Ahly. The group was founded in 2007 by former members of the first Ahly support group, Ahly Fans Club. Ultras Ahlawy raised its banner for the first time at a match... Explore this topic

Hamdeen Sabahi

Hamdeen Sabahi an Egyptian politician, the leader of the Egyptian Popular Current and a co-leader of the National Salvation Front. An opposition leader during the Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak eras, Sabahi was jailed 17 times during their presidencies for political dissidence.... Explore this topic

Islamism

Islamism is a set of ideologies holding that "Islam should guide social and political as well as personal life". Islamism is a controversial neologism, and definitions of it sometimes vary. Leading Islamist thinkers emphasize the implementation of Sharia; of pan-Islamic politi... Explore this topic

Wafd Party

The Wafd Party was a nationalist liberal political party in Egypt. It was said to be Egypt's most popular and influential political party for a period in the 1920s and 30s. During this time it was instrumental in the development of the 1923 constitution, and supported moving E... Explore this topic

Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt

The Supreme Constitutional Court is an independent judiciary body in the Arab Republic of Egypt, with its new seat in the Cairo suburb of Maadi. The Court is the highest judicial power in Egypt and it alone undertakes the judicial control in respect of the constitutionality of... Explore this topic

Salafi

The Salafi movement, also known as the Salafist movement, is a movement among Sunni Muslims named by its proponents in reference to the Salaf, the earliest Muslims considered to be examples of Islamic practice. The term has been in use since the Middle Ages. The movement is re... Explore this topic

Egypt

Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Most of its territory of 1,010,000 square kilometers lies within North Africa and i... Explore this topic

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