NES 2674 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Kefaya, Police Brutality, Extreme Poverty
5 Jan 2017
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What were the causes of the egyptian revolution of 2011: causes, extreme poverty, unemployment, endemic corruption, police brutality, mubarak grooming son for presidency, demands for democratic reform, kefaya (enough) movement, december 2004. Down to mubarak : protesters from tahrir to working-class neighborhoods, september 2005. 10,000 person rally on day of presidential elections: *see timeline in powerpoint slide, early demands, bread, freedom and human dignity . *finish slide info: two elections, parliamentary elections (nov. 28 2011- jan 10, 2012, presidential elections (may 23-24 2012, people"s assembly results, approximately 55% voter turnout, results seen as a tremendous victory for islamists. The egyptian bloc 6. 8: presidential elections, first round, mursi:25% Headquarters burned: mursi wins 51. 7% of the vote, mursi"s 100 day plan, five areas of interest. Cleanliness: turmoil continues, october 10, 2012, mubarak loyalists acquitted from attacking protesters, november 22, 2012, mursi"s decree (more executive power, marches o presidential palace. Brotherhood offices burned: december 8, 2012, mursi revokes decree.
