Crowds Pack Cairo's Tahrir Square, But Egypt Is Still Divided

January 25, 2012 from Euronews

Thousands of Egyptians are packed into Tahrir Square to mark the first anniversary of the revolt that brought an end to the three decades rule of Hosni Mubarak. The revolution has exposed divisions in Egyptian society, with each faction laying claim ownership of the uprising. Youth groups called for the end of military rule, while the Muslim Brotherhood celebrated its recent success in the country's most democratic elections since 1952. Still, Egyptians from across the political spectrum turned out to remember the events of January 25, 2011.

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Tahrir Square, also known as "Martyr Square", is a major public town square in Downtown Cairo, Egypt. Explore this topic

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

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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Muslim Brotherhood

The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the Arab world's most influential and one of the largest Islamic movements, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. Founded in Egypt in 1928 as a Pan-Islamic, religious, political, and social movement by t... Explore this topic

Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt)

The Freedom and Justice Party is an Islamist political party and the most popular party in Egypt. The president of the party, Mohamed Morsi, won the 2012 presidential election, and in the 2011 parliamentary election it won more seats than any other party. It is nominally indep... Explore this topic

Supreme Council of the Armed Forces

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Politics of Egypt

The politics of Egypt is based on republicanism, with a semi-presidential system of government. Following the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, and the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, executive power was assumed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which dissolved th... Explore this topic

Egyptian Parliamentary Election 2011-2012

2011-2012年埃及議會選舉是埃及人民議會選舉，從2011年11月28日開始至2012年1月11日結束，過程分為三個階段進行，每個階段進行9個省份的投票工作。這次選舉是自2011年埃及革命以來前總統穆巴拉克下台後埃及舉行的第一次民主選舉，也被公認為埃及歷史上候選人和參與投票人數最多、相對公平的一次選舉。埃及軍方將依據過渡程序逐步向新議會和新內閣移交權力。 Explore this topic

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