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The 2011 Egyptian Revolution: Assessing the Results

The so-called Arab Spring — a series of protests and revolutions between 2010 and 2012 in the Middle East — captured the world's attention. Over five years later, the Arab Spring offers insight into revolutions as political events, the lessons activists should learn, and the mechanisms used to discredit pro-democracy actors. The current Egyptian authorities, under the leadership of President Abdel El-Sisi, have cracked on civil society, NGOs and the media. However, according to Ahmed Naguib, co-founder of the Council of Trustees of the Revolution of Egypt, the government’s fear of civil society shows that progress has been made since the revolution in 2011. In Egypt, “the political realm of dissidence is very fragmented,” says Naguib. Hence, civil society is unable to provide a plausible, digestible narrative for the population at large. This fragmentation also allows the government to claim that NGOs and civil society represent Western attacks on Egyptian nationhood and identity. Hromadske sat down with Naguib to talk about the situation in his country. This video was originally published on August 3rd, 2017. Follow Hromadske International! Ukraine and Eastern Europe, Explained www.en.hromadske.ua Facebook:   / hromadskeinternational   Twitter: https://twitter.com/ YouTube: http://bit.ly/2uvfYct