Egypt: Success of a Summer Revolution!

Egyptian army ousts Mursi and scraps constitution 

President Mohammad Mursi has failed to meet the demands of the Egyptian people,”

Abdel Fattah al-Sissi said in a televised address to the nation. [Al Arabiya] 

"It took Egyptians three decades to remove Hosni Mubarak from power and only three 
days to topple President Morsi, his successor, and the country's first democratically 
elected president. [Al Arabiya]

Egyptian Army announces Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, to be sworn in 
as interim president on Thursday. [Al Jazeera]
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Many will call what just happened a 'coup', yet the army 
here has expressed the willingness of millions of Egyptians.
The future will tell us how to call this event.
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On the other hand, Egypt will be a great nation... 
when Egyptian men learn to respect women.

- In Egypt, it is always the woman’s fault I Bikya News 
- Egypt: Epidemic of Sexual Violence | Human Rights Watch 
- Where are sexual assaults happening in Egypt? I Harass Map 
- Egyptian women fear rising tide of sexual assault as Tahrir crowds grow | Guardian 
- Sexual assaults reported in Cairo I CNN 
- Press release by 20 rights organizations I One year into Mohamed Morsi’s term: 
Manifold abuses and the systematic undermining of the rule of law I EIPR 
- From Mubarak to the Muslim Brotherhood: Sexual torture as a weapon I Mosireen 
Collective.

[Click and watch the HRW video]

July 3, 2013) -- Egyptian anti-sexual harassment groups confirmed that mobs sexually assaulted and 
in some cases raped at least 91 women in Tahrir Square over four days of protests beginning on June 
30, 2013 amid a climate of impunity. Human Rights Watch has long documented the problem of sexual 
assault in Cairo's streets and particularly at protests. A new video highlights the stories of women who 
have been attacked, in some cases as recently as January 2013.

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'End Sexual Harassment' day needs you!

Blog and Tweet today to #EndSH !

When Lara Logan broke the silence and CBS could reveal what happened to her in Tahrir 
Square the night of Moubarak resignation, the veil fell and Egyptian women were finally 
able to publicly denounce what over two thirds of them suffer daily - which is although 
a shame for the country.

Whatever the reasons behind these brutal attacks on women - particularly singled out  

in Egypt among other Muslim countries - it was time to denounce this outrageous behavior.
Its resurgence since the fall of the regime suggests that this could be now a means used 

by the military to hold off at least women from Tahrir's democratic claims.

Check this: Sexual Assault as Political Tool: 'Men Attacking Women at Tahrir Square' 
[Sarah A. Topol/The DailyBeast]

[harmonybeau]

كلام بيقولوا رجالة للي بيعاكسوا البنات في الشارع

"Egyptian activists declared Wednesday June 13 as the day to write about sexual
harassment on social websites and blogs in an effort to combat the rising level of  

sexual violence in the country."

"Female protesters and visitors to Tahrir square reported a dramatic increase in sexual 

violence against female activists over the past week, which led many to believe that 

the incidents are part of an organized plan by the state to intimidate protesters."

[BikyaMasr]

[TheRealNews]

During the previous protest, on June 8th...

"An anti-sexual harassment demonstration organized by over 20 Egyptian women’s 

groups in protest against the recent escalation of assaults in Cairo’s Tahrir Square 

was attacked about an hour and half after it began by unknown troublemakers."

[Read more on BikyaMasr]

The "End Harassment" campaign went on line in 2011, promoted by the HarassMAP 

site: 

"Egypt’s most effective organization that has been tallying incidents of harassment across the country
in an effort to help assist women when they traverse what has become and almost war zone-like 
atmosphere. Harassment is everywhere, but the online campaigners say it can end."

[June 21/2011, Joseph Mayton].

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ParisPointGriset Best Wishes for 2012...

... go to the women and the men of Syria and Egypt and to every single person
who's suffering, fighting and dying for freedom and a better future.

[AlJazeeraEnglish on 31 Dec 2011]


[samqaid]
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"End Harassment" Campaign Goes on line...

By opening a window to freedom and basic rights,
the Arab spring has also highlighted the problem
of sexual harassment that, whether they like it or
not, is a huge obstacle to development in Muslim
countries.

Bikya Masr, a site showing a real concern about women rights, released today a post
by its editor-in-chief Joseph Mayton on the 'End Harassment' campaign :
"... led by HarassMap – Egypt’s most effective organization that has been tallying incidents of harassment
across the country in an effort to help assist women when they traverse what has become and almost war
zone-like atmosphere. Harassment is everywhere, but the online campaigners say it can end."



STAY TUNED - FOLLOW HarassMap & G@ttoGiallo's NEWS on twitter !
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Dies Iræ now settled in Egypt...

"Mors stupebit, et natura, Cum resurget creatura, Iudicanti responsura".
[Death is struck, and the nature, all creation is awaking, to its Judge an answer making"].

Al Jazeera English Live Stream watch now...

11:40 this morning: "The Al Jazeera Network strongly denounces and condemns the
closure of its bureau in Cairo by the Egyptian government. The Network received
notification from the Egyptian authorities this morning.
"Al Jazeera sees this as an act designed to stifle and repress the freedom of reporting
by the network and its journalists. In this time of deep turmoil and unrest in Egyptian
society it is imperative that voices from all sides be heard; the closing of our bureau
by the Egyptian government is aimed at censoring and silencing the voices of the
Egyptian people.
"Al Jazeera assures its audiences in Egypt and across the world that it will continue its
in-depth and comprehensive reporting on the events unfolding in Egypt.
Al Jazeera journalists have brought unparalleled reporting from the ground from across
Egypt in the face of great danger and extraordinary circumstances. Al Jazeera Network
is appalled at this latest attack by the Egyptian regime to strike at its freedom to report
independently on the unprecedented events in Egypt."

Al Jazeera has received widespread global acclaim for their coverage
on the ground across the length and breadth of Egypt.
- Special 'Anger in Egypt' coverage page.
- Al Jazeera tweets about the protests from the field.
- Map of the 'day of wrath' throughout Egypt.


*** Jan 29/2011 The Egyptian Internet blackout continues into its second full day, with
no substantive change overnight. The government seems to have put itself in a tough
position, as the Egyptian working week begins tomorrow...
*** Jan 28/2011 The Internet routing situation for Egypt continues to be bleak, with an
estimated 93% of Egyptian networks currently unreachable. Renesys saw no significant
improvements or changes in Egyptian international Internet routing overnight...
*** Jan 27/2011 Confirming what a few have reported this evening: in an action
unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered
service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet...

20 ways to circumvent the internet block
[by Anonymous]

ACCESS campaign for digital freedom in Egypt:
https://www.accessnow.org/page/s/help-egypt

President Hosni Mubarak's son, has fled the country, according to US-based Arabic
website Akhbar al-Arab. Earlier, unconfirmed reports said Mubarak's wife also fled
to London on Tuesday as nationwide protests swelled.

Will Dominoes Fall in North Africa? [allAfrica]

I strongly hope that the anti-dictatorship's red tidal wave, emerged in Tunisia,
will soon submerge all Middle East countries.

Yours Faithful,
Yellow Bastet
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Stand up for Egypt and sign the Avaaz petition.

The Great Journey of Ramesses II... is finished

I mean the movie, of course.
A 24 month-production is nothing compared to Ramesses'
waiting for 3200 years to accomplish his trip on the screen.


You can see the trailer, in ENGLISH and FRENCH versions and even download
the 2 parts of the film.

by Valérie Girié, director and scriptwriter
and Guillaume Hecht, architect, producer
and director.

Production : Les Films du Scribe, Egyptian
Media Production City, Koloss, CNRS Images.


Contributors : Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing,
Zahi Hawass, Christian Leblanc, Salima Ikram, Abd el-Rassoul family,
André Macke,Kevin Caine, Christian de Tassigny, Philippe Martinez.
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Radical measures in Egypt against innocent pigs...

(Christian Fraser, BBC/UK)

... Virus' spread by people not pigs' !