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Hosni Mubarak News - The New York Times - 0 views

  • For close to 30 years, Hosni Mubarak was Egypt's modern pharoah, as he was often called. He became president in 1981 after Anwar el-Sadat was slain as Mr. Mubarak stood beside him.
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  • In the face of a mass movement inspired by the revolution in Tunisia in January, Mr. Mubarak tried violence and lost the support of his military, which promised to protect the demonstrators.
  • of any Egyptian president since the ouster of the king in the 1950s — longer tha
  • n that of Gamal Abdel Nasser, a pioneer of Arab nationalism, and longer than that of Mr. Sadat, who was slain after making peace with Israel.
  • He maintained peace with Israel and close ties to America
  • position parties and rigged elections. Under a veneer of public apathy, anger grew as the cou
  • after 18 days of massive public protests against his rule, he resigned and turned power over to the military.
  • rak’s three-decade rule. The detention was a breathtaking reversal for Mr. Mubarak, whose grip on the country had seemed so unshakable just three months ago that some thought he could hand over power directly to his son Gamal, who is now being held along with his brother, Alaa, in Tora Prison in Ca
  • month had ended the 23-year-reign of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, who, like Mr. Mubarak was a former military man turned autocratic ruler. The
  • rotesters in Egypt spoke of the same deep-seated frustrations of an enduring, repressive government that drove Tunisians to revolt: rampant corruption, injustice, high unemployment and the simple lack of dignity accorded them by the state.
  • chief, as the country’s new vice president. It is a post once occupied by Mr. Mubarak and not filled since he took power.
  • he Egyptian Army announced on Jan. 31 for the first time that it would not fire on protesters, even as tens of thousands of people gathered in central Tahrir (Liberation) Square for a seventh day to shout for Mr. Mubarak's ouster
  • In the wake of Mr. Sadat's death, Mr. Mubarak -- who was at Mr. Sadat's side -- continued a policy of maintaining ties with Israel, and cracked down on Islamic militants. His support for Israel won him the support of the West and a continuation of hefty annual aid from the United States.
  • Egypt has long been a leader of the Arab world, and Mr. Mubarak, successfully negotiated the complicated issues of regional security, solidifying a relationship with Washington, maintaining cool but correct ties with Israel and sharply suppressing Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism.
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    Summary: Hosni Mubarak has been Egypt's modern pharoah for close to 30 years now. Mr. Mubarak stood by his side. Hosni Mubarak now resigned and he turned his powers over to the military. When president Mubarak tried violence he lost a lot of his support from his military. Mr. Mubarak coming into be the president, thought he had grip on the country but found out he was very shaky- and he thought he could just hand over his power to his son Gamal who is now in prison in Cairo. Response: I thought this article was very interesting because it shows how easy the president thought it was going to be going into it with his head all high and nothing could break. But found out everyone is protesting against him and no one is happy with him being the president.  Questions: 1. Why did he turn his power over to the military? 2. Why would president Mubarak want to keep fighting to e president if he's doing such a bad job? 3. How is he loosing grip so fast? 4. Why is he trying to hide from his people when Obama was there? 
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Small bomb explodes near Egypt's pyramids, injuring 3; officials blame leftover munitio... - 0 views

  • CAIRO — A small bomb exploded near Egypt’s iconic pyramids on Wednesday, badly injuring three peddlers of tourist trinkets that police said were trying to open the casing of the old abandoned munition.
  • he peddlers saw the edge of the device sticking out of the sand and began hitting it with iron sticks under the impression there
  • were valuables inside, said security officials.
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  • The three men were seriously wounded, the officials added, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.
  • Millions of tourists visit the site annually and take camel and horseback rides around the grounds of the 4,500 year old monuments.
  • Egypt was the site of titanic tank battles during World War II, but these were confined to the deserts around the northern coast and the later wars with neighboring Israel were focused around the Suez Canal and the Sinai Peninsula, far to the east.
  • rime and lawlessness have been on the rise in the once tightly controlled country, with police reluctant to head back to their posts.
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    SUmmary: In Cairo, Egypt a bomb exploded by the iconic pyramids. The impact was surveyor it injured three peddlers. The peddlers said they saw the edge of the bomb sticking out from the sand and began hitting it with iron sticks, because they thought there would be valuables inside. This site was were millions of tourists would come and visit.  Response: I thought this was very shocking that peddlers set of the bomb thinking there would be valuables underneath it. Shockingly get blown up instead that would be a very scary surprise.  Questions: 1. Why did they put the bomb so close to a very beautiful place? 2. Why did they think it was something valuable?  3. Who set up the bomb? 4. Why are tourist staying away from the country because President Hosni Mubarak was overthrew? 
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The Feminists In The Middle Of Tahrir Square | Modern Egypt Info - 0 views

  • At the height of the protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, I saw the crowds cleaved by a stream of girls and young women in pink and blue veils. Men formed a shield around them so they could move through the square unimpeded.
  • To which one of the women added: “We are here as women, but we are speaking out for everyone.”
  • alls of fear, class, and even gender were broken. There was no feminism or ideology. Women were simply demanding the same pragmatic constitutional changes that every Egyptian wants.
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  • Egypt have always held prominent public roles in the media, film, literature, and civil society
  • hla, a village north of Cairo, had already taken up the torch. Jailed, menaced, and exiled throughout her life, Saadawi is now 79 and could be found protesting in the square every day.
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  • She went on to graduate from medical school, become a chest surgeon, and marry a fellow student who ran off to Suez as a guerrilla fighter against the British and returned a broken man and drug a
  • ddict. In the 1967 war with Israel she volunteered as a doctor in the trenches and in the Palestinian camps in Jordan.
  • 972 she broke even more taboos than Hoda Shaarawi did by writing Women and Sex, which dealt with female desire, religion, and genital mutilation. Unsurprisingly, it angered the religious and political authorities.
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    summary: Only Egyptian women were allowed to do this protest. They wore pink and blue veils. If any men tried to join this the women would kick him out and say its only for women, but speaking out for everyone. they are doing this to show that they want more rights as women.  Response:  I think this is a crazy idea to do, to only let girls be allowed to do that. But also a very good idea because girls never get to do what they want to. This way it shows that they really want there rights because they should! Girls should not be any different then the men.  Questions:  1. What laws do the women want to change by doing this?2. What was the purpose of wearing the veils?  3. What were they trying to prove? 4. How big of event was this, what did it change? 
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Egypt's Military Says PM Has Resigned - TIME - 0 views

  • Egypt's military rulers say the prime minister appointed by ousted President Hosni Mubarak has resigned, meeting a key demand of the opposition protest movement.
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    Summary: Anti- government protesters are protesting against President Hosni Mubarak- throwing stones between the supporters of the president.  Everyone is angry that he was resigned to be the president again. Massive anti-government protest went on when this happened.  Response: I think that after reading this article I feel really bad that the people are brave enough to do this to him. Even if they don't like there new president I don't think they should protest against it. Like theres always going to be people that don"t like the new president. Protesting against him is only going to make him feel bad and not change anything.  Questions:  1. Why are they not over it yet? 2. Why do they keep protesting over and over again? 3. Whats so bad about the new president? 4. WHat do they think this is going to change, by doing this? 5. How long will they protest? 
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Egyptian tourist sites to reopen; tomb break-ins reported - CNN.com - 0 views

  • at least 17 artifacts were missing from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
  • Saying he hopes "tourists from around the world will soon return,"
  • tourist sites will reopen on Sunday.
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  • The decision was made after Hawass met with members of the ministry and the Antiquities and Tourism Police to discuss security measures.
  • In addition, some storage magazines in Saqqara, including one near the pyramid of Teti, had their seals broken, along with a magazine at Cairo University, the ministry said.
  • Mubarak stepped down Friday after 18 days of protests and unrest.
  • that ancient burial sites have been broken into.
  • "Dr. Hawass stated he hopes tourists from around the world will soon return to Egypt,"
  • reports on what, if anything, is missing.
  • 5th Dynasty pharaohs chose to site their burial monuments. Saqqara, one of Egypt's oldest burial sites, has several royal pyramids.
  • at least 17 artifacts were missing from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
  • he museum was broken into on January 28, not long after anti-Mubarak protests began.
  • He updated that number to 18 on Monday
  • New Kingdom coffin had been found in a preliminary search of the museum and its grounds.
  • Hawass said he believes the looters dropped objects as they fled, and "every inch of the museum must be searched before the Registration, Collections Management and Documentation Department, which is overseeing the inventory, can produce a complete and final report of exactly what is missing," the post said.
  • "would like to clarify earlier statements in which he announced that nothing was missing (from the museum)." He said when the search committee made its first pass through the museum, "objects that were at first thought to be missing were found thrown into trash cans and corners far from their original locations" and he was led to believe that all the items would be found in a full search.
  • Professionals out to steal would normally be careful not to damage the objects they were planning to take, so the initial impression was that the attackers were vandals rather than thieves," the blog post said. Hawass was also misinformed by a museum staffer about a statue of the pharaoh Akhenaten and was told it was only damaged when it was missing, the post said.
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    Summary: In this Article I read that The Egyptian Museum in Cairo got broken into. About 18 ancient burial sites were broken into. Hawass is on top of this and he said to the committie to report if anything is missing. Hawass also believes that the looters were dropping the object as they were running away from the Egyptian Millitary. After more researching and looking around for the object they found they in crazy places like in trash cans, not damaged. Everything they thought was missing was found later on.  Response: I thought this was a crazy article because they are making such a big deal about all this stuff that was missing. Making it seem like it was a tragic thing... which it would of been if they never found the missing objects. But they did, I feel like it was a waste of time to read this article because nothing really happened . Questions: 1. Why did they make such a big deal out of it if they found all the objects that were missing?  2. Who would even try breaking in and stealing objects for the museum? 3. Will this make more tourist come and see the museum, because of this?  4. Why were the object's moved.. and not stolen? Who would just move them around? 
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BBC News - Egypt country profile - 0 views

  • The head of Cairo's Al-Azhar Mosque is one of the highest authorities in Sunni Islam.
  • The head of Cairo's Al-Azhar Mosque is one of the highest authorities in Sunni Islam.
  • But the historic step by President Anwar Sadat to make peace with Israel in the 1979 Camp David agreement led to Egypt being expelled from the Arab League until 1989, and in 1981 Mr Sadat was assassinated by Islamic extremists angry at his moves to clamp down on their activities.
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  • resident Hosni Mubarak has taken a more moderate line, but Islamic groups have continued their campaigns sporadically.
  • Although Egypt has changed its constitution to allow the opposition to contest presidential polls, potential candidates must meet strict criteria for participation.
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    Summary: This article talks about how Egypt used to be having wars with Israel and no becoming more peaceful. Egypt is trying to do all they can do to compromise with the people and make it a better place that it ever was before.  Reflection: I think this was a good article about whats going on in Egypt because it let me know the update for what rules have been changed and why all this is happening. If it wasn't for this article I would never been informed and I'm glad I was. Because it makes me know how good we have it here in America. I think we American's take living here for granted.  Questions: 1.Why is Egypt so strict about all there rules, such as religious political parties?  2. Why is Egypt all of a sudden such a big deal, that ever before? 3. Is president Muhammah Hosni Mabarak making good decisions for Egypt?  4. Why did it take Egypt so long to realize what they needed was to make peace? 
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