Asmaa Mahfouz Calls for Protests in Tahrir Square

February 01, 2011 from YouTube via Tzimnewman3q

Dubbed the video that sparked the Egyptian revolution, activist Asmaa Mahfouz calls for protests to be held on January 25, 2011. She expresses her dissappointment in the poor turn out of her previous attempt to rally support in Tahrir Square, after four Egyptian men set themselves on fire in protest.

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Asmaa Mahfouz

Asmaa Mahfouz is an Egyptian activist and one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement. She has been credited by journalist Mona Eltahawy and others with helping to spark mass uprising through her video blog posted one week before the start of the 2011 Egyptian revolution... 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

Tahrir Square

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

Protest

An act of defiance or objection by an individual or group of people. Protests can take many forms: peaceful or violent, direct or indirect, large or small. Protests in the news are often political in nature, as groups of citizens voice their disagreement or dissatisfaction. Pr... Explore this topic

Cairo

Cairo; Arabic: القاهرة‎; is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa. Its metropolitan area is the 16th largest in the world. Located near the Nile Delta, it was founded in 969 AD. Nicknamed "the city of a thousand minarets" for its preponderance ... Explore this topic

April 6 Youth Movement

The April 6 Youth Movement is an Egyptian Activists group established in Spring 2008 to support the workers in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, an industrial town, who were planning to strike on April 6. Activists called on participants to wear black and stay home on the day of the strike... Explore this topic

Hosni Mubarak

Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak is a former Egyptian politician, leader and military commander. He served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Mubarak was appointed Vice President of Egypt in 1975, and assumed the presidency on 14 October 1981, following the ass... Explore this topic

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