Once Upon a Revolution (49 page)

Free Egyptians and,
150
–52

2011 parliamentary elections,
147
–63,
167
–69

in 2012 parliament,
176
–78

social media,
11
,
28
,
29
,
44
,
126
,
214

role in revolution,
29
,
45
,
54
,
61
,
70
–71,
83
–84,
98
,
103
,
105
–6,
124
,
139
–40,
142
,
201
,
241
,
244

society,
2
,
3
,
4
,
13
,
27
,
35
,
193
,
214
,
226

feudal families,
125
–30

future of,
247
–58

middle class,
13
,
19
,
29
,
54
,
69

Morsi and,
195
–98,
204
–31

Muslim Brotherhood and,
214

post-Mubarak,
68
,
75
–76,
82
–100,
101
–30,
141
,
157
,
193

Society of the Muslim Brothers,
31

sofa party,
60

Soviet Union, collapse of,
5

State Security,
26
–27,
36
–44,
77
,
78
–81,
104
,
114
,
138
,
146
,
237
,
256

archives,
80
–81

secret prisons,
81

Stewart, Jon,
215

Strong Egypt Party,
213

Suez,
55
,
72

Suez Canal,
14
,
31
–32

suicide bombings,
239

Suleiman, Omar,
74
,
180
,
182

Sunni Muslims,
39

Supreme Constitutional Court,
186
–87,
192
,
195
,
207
,
229

Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF),
73
–76,
81
–85,
100
,
159
,
163
,
168
,
230
,
239
,
252
,
254

Battle of Mohamed Mahmoud,
155
–60

censorship directive to media,
118
–19

“Communiqué Number One,”
73

constitutional referendum and,
83
–85,
93

crackdown on civil society groups,
179

Facebook page,
83
–84,
103

legislative powers of,
187
,
188
,
195
–98,
206

Maspero massacre,
131
–46,
154

military rule,
73
–75,
78
,
80
–85,
89
,
101
–30,
145
–46,
159
,
162
–64,
169
,
178
–79,
187
,
195
–96,
206
,
222
,
240
,
248

Morsi and,
195
–98,
204
–31

Port Said massacre,
173
–76

Supreme Guidance Bureau,
42

Syria,
26
,
27
,
103
,
203
–4,
224
,
238

war in,
203
–4

“Tahrir Code,”
109

Tahrir Square,
1
–7,
18
,
44
,
53
,
106
,
158
,
191
,
238

Battle of Mohamed Mahmoud,
155
–60

fall of Mubarak,
68
–76,
77
,
113
–14

February 2 (Battle of the Camel),
56
–57,
65
,
76
,
137
,
140

first anniversary of revolution,
169
–72

Friday of the Second Revolution,
102
–3

January 25 (Day of Rage),
53
–54

January 28 (Friday of Rage),
53
–56

July 8 (Friday of Determination),
105
–8

“Republic of Tahrir” period,
57
–59

revolution,
see
Egyptian Revolution

second anniversary of revolution,
216
–17

sit-in,
107
–11

third anniversary of revolution,
242

Taliban,
100

Tammarod,
220
–31

Tantawi, Mohammed Hussein,
112
,
119
,
123
,
141
,
174
–75,
195
,
205

Tarek, General,
64
–65,
72

tear gas,
52
,
53
,
104
,
135
,
156
,
160

television,
9
,
10
,
19
,
77
,
215
,
228
,
257

advertising,
150

el-Sisi and,
229
,
231
,
239
–41,
248

Maspero massacre and,
131
–46

Morsi and,
206
,
214
–15,
217
,
224
,
229

Mubarak's final address on,
73

Port Said killings and,
173
–75

presidential debates,
183
–84

revolution and,
52
–53,
58
–61,
73
,
77
,
78
,
85
,
112
–14,
166
,
173
,
229

SCAF censorship directive to,
118
–19

strike,
78

Temple of Hatshepsut,
36

textiles,
93
,
120

Tiananmen Square,
65

Tora Prison,
42

torture,
78
,
81
,
85
,
117
,
134
–35,
163
,
179
,
196
,
207
,
252

tourism,
36
,
56
,
63

traffic,
27
,
63
,
107
,
112
,
113
,
166
,
226

police,
79

treason law,
125

Tunisian Revolution,
30
,
45
,
49
–50,
65

Turkey,
238
,
244
,
257

Twitter,
45
,
61
,
139

umma,
35
,
37

unemployment,
26
,
167
,
197

United States,
4
,
18
,
87
,
103
,
113
,
119
,
195
,
215
,
247

Camp David Accords,
34

-Egyptian relations,
18
,
20
,
25
,
34
,
87
,
113
,
125
–26,
146
,
179
,
209
–10,
234

invasion of Afghanistan,
22
,
40

Iraq War,
22
–23,
50

Occupy Wall Street movement,
154

Upper Egypt,
124
,
125
,
131
,
132

veil,
69
,
151

Velvet Revolution,
5

“virginity tests,”
84
–85

Wadi Hof,
18
,
21

Wafd Party,
108
,
144
,
162

Wagdy,
141
–42

We Are All Khaled Said,
29
,
46
,
69

women,
57
,
95
,
121
,
127
–28,
129
,
178
,
208

blue bra beating,
162
–64

Islamic attitudes toward,
127
,
153

revolution and,
57
,
69
–70,
84
–85,
95
,
129
,
133
,
136
,
146
,
159
,
162
–64,
212
,
228
,
241

sexual assaults of,
27
,
57
,
84
–85,
179
,
191

veil and,
69
,
151

“virginity tests,”
84
–85

Workers Democratic Party,
120

World War II,
13
,
32

Wust el-Balad,
21

xenophobia,
6
,
15
,
75
,
106
,
123
,
181

Yassin, Osama,
233

Youssef, Abdelrahman,
11
,
24

Youssef, Bassem,
215
,
239
–40

Youth Movement for Justice and Freedom,
25
,
69
,
70
,
99
,
116
,
137
,
146
,
149

YouTube,
39
,
12
,
126
,
214

Zagazig,
188

Zamalek,
63
,
96
,
166

Zionism,
41
,
122
,
179

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Cambanis, Thanassis.

Once upon a revolution : an Egyptian story / Thanassis Cambanis.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Egypt—History—Protests, 2011– 2. Kamel, Basem. 3. Abdelkareem, Moaz. 4. Political activists—Egypt—Biography. 5. Civic leaders—Egypt—Biography. 6. Revolutionaries—Egypt—Biography. 7. Egypt—History—1981-—Biography. 8. Social change—Egypt—History—21st century. I. Title.

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