Still m ore important was social self organization t hrough face book which was first successfully tried in spring 2008 by this youth movement and proved its. The following chronological summary of major events took place during the 2011 egyptian revolution right up to hosni mubaraks resignation as the fourth president of egypt on 11 february 2011. It elaborates on 3 key foundations to the egyptian revolution of 2010 social media, the y generation and the congregation of. The country staged its first modern revolution in 1919 and established independence in 1922. That is at least the impression that prevails when contemplating the egyptian revolution that erupted on the streets of various egyptian cities on 25 january 2011 and is still ongoing.
Blackberry, windows phone7 and ipad carriers can easily download a free. The analysis of 581 images revealed more efficacyeliciting crowds, protest activities, national and religious symbols than emotionally arousing violent content, especially posted by egyptian. Jul 16, 2011 download pdf in early august 2010, the new leader of the muslim brotherhood, muhammad albadie, gave a speech that set forward a new muslim brotherhood policy. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual egyptian police holiday as a statement against increasing police brutality during the last few years of mubaraks presidency. The following chronological summary of major events took place during the 2011 egyptian revolution right up to hosni mubaraks resignation as the fourth president of egypt on 11 february 2011 from 1981 to 2011, hosni mubarak was in power under emergency law with his son gamal appearing to be a likely successor for the presidency. Continued instability due to remaining british influence led to a second revolution in 1952 and the creation of the egyptian republic in 1953. Timeline of the egyptian revolution of 2011 wikipedia. The egyptian revolution is also referred to as the egyptian protests, days of rage, the papyrus revolution and the lotus revolution. In the 2011 egyptian revolution, many demonstrations and riots were held in egypt. The state of the egyptian revolution the next phase of the revolution by h. Jan 25, 2016 a look at egypts uprising, 5 years later. Before the demonstrations began, there was an uprising in tunisia. However, while the use of social media by egyptians received much focus, and activists themselves pointed towards it as the key to their success, social media did not constitute the revolution itself, nor did it instigate it. This content was written by a student and assessed as.
Oct 14, 2012 the worlds media was the platform for the egyptian revolution. This change resulted in successful and semi successful revolutions. Egyptian revolution of 2011 was predominantly driven by males. Hellyer, june 1, 2011 a wide array of political groups and youngpeople movements called for the second day of rage last week. Anderson 2011 asserts, the egyptian facebook campaigners are the modern incarnation of arab nationalist networks whose broadsheets disseminated strategies for civil disobedience throughout the region in the years after world war i. The egyptian revolution of 2011 brought longterm political differences to the foreground of egypts national consciousness. Media in category egyptian revolution of 2011 in cairo the following 121 files are in this category, out of 121 total. A new cause of the arab spring is the increase in population, which increased unemployment. In an article for the journal of international womens studies, alnatour 2012 argued against this point.
The political economy of the egyptian revolution mubarak. It takes account of the most important and emotional incidents of the revolution. Social media and 2011 egyptian revolution motivations for. The revolution was planned, executed, and supported by both men and women. Download revolution until victory pdf books pdfbooks.
A chronicle of the revolution that ended the threedecadelong presidency of hosni mubarak. A look at turmoil in egypt since the 2011 revolution youtube. The uprisin, in which the participants placed emphasis on the peaceful nature o the struggle, mainly comprised a campaign o ceevil resistance, which featured a. Middle east politics at macquarie university, australia. The changes in economic policy and the partial liberalization of the economy, even though they did improve annual gdp growth, were highly unpopular, particularly because most benefits of this growth were reaped by a small group of.
Egypts revolution and the last days of mubarak, 3032011. The reasons social media contributed to the 2011 egyptian. Drawing on evidence from the 2011 egyptian uprising, this article. Revolution until victory revolution until victory by barry m. This 60minutes stillshots documentary movie outlines the main story and themes of the egyptian revolutions since 25th of january 2011 and 30th of june 20 to the current date of publishing. Most of the arab regimes, with the exception of a few, are classified as highly authoritarian systems in whic h political power is monopolize d by the few rather than shared by the many. The egyptian revolution carries a challenging transition phase, starting out with problems such as low foreign direct investments fdi, a high budget deficit, a high debt rate, a high unemployment rate, a high poverty rate, and a low standard of living. Soon the demonstrations grew into a mass protest against the government by people of all walks of life, in cairo and in other major cities in egypt, most. The majority of research conducted on the 2011 egyptian revolution concentrated on the participation. Beginning in december 2010, unprecedented mass demonstrations against poverty, corruption, and political repression broke out in several arab countries, challenging the authority of some of the most entrenched regimes in the middle east and north africa. The egyptian revolution of january 2011 failed and did not change the fundamental political structure of the country, which ended up under military rule. International journal of communication 5 2011, feature 12071224. Pdf on jan 19, 2016, noha bakr and others published the egyptian revolution find, read and cite all the research you need on.
Social media, egyptian revolution 2011, facebook, twitter, youtube. Its success was not only meaningful to the egyptians, but also inspiring to the other communities around the globe as a symbol of a struggle for justice and basic human rights. There was once a country that started the worlds civilization. Lack of tolerances and the arab revolutions lebanon. The 2011 egyptian revolution einternational relations. This is a university research paper written for the unit pol278. The official page of the supreme council of the egyptian armed forces. The egyptian revolution 2011 would be an event that marked the importance of the year 2011 in the world history. Given the potential of emotional and efficacyrelated visual content for motivating activism, this exploratory content analysis examined the content of twitter images of the 2011 egyptian revolution. In december 2010, protests in tunisia sparked by the death of. Egyptians march on presidential palace more than 100,000 protest the draft constitution and morsis new powers, chanting.
Most causes of the 2011 egyptian revolution against mubarak also existed in 1952, when the free officers ousted king farouk. The revolution started on police day, a public holiday, 25 january 2011, with a series of peaceful demonstrations in cairo that were originally meant to draw attention to police brutality. That country fought many times against oppression from invaders such as the british. Article information, pdf download for social media and protests. The repressive and violent nature of the arab regimes also ranks high on the list of major factors culminating in the 2011 arab uprisings. You can send us a message through our contact form. Egyptian and arab revolution scholarship 7 this collection includes papers, presentations, and research findings related to the january 25th revolution and arab spring authored by auc faculty and students. The 2011 egyptian revolution shed new light on this debate. The egyptian revolution of 2011, also known as the january 25 revolution arabic.
Activists in egypt call for an uprising in their own country, to protest against poverty. The roots and causes of the 2011 arab uprisings kamal eldin osman salih abstract. Leading scholarship will be examined and reasons for the revolution s failure will be. Alternatively you can download a pdf containing the link which can be freely shared online. According the license, you must attribute the footage to al jazeera but not in any way that suggests that we endorse you or your use of our work. Engage your students during remote learning with video readalouds. Roberto roccu addresses this gap and in doing this provides the first detailed study of the deeper causes of the egyptian revolution. This ethnographic account of the 2011 egyptian revolution with. The egyptian revolution of 2011, also known as the january 25 revolution started on 25 january 2011 and spread across egypt. This was an initiative from the egyptian armed forces to keep an open channel ofcommunication with the egyptians on facebook, to get direct feedback from the peopleon anything. Research essay the 2011 egyptian revolution free download as word doc. Jun 01, 2011 the revolution s early days witnessed a dramatic collapse of the egyptian police force on which the former regime had spent tens of billions of pounds and which it had furnished with arms and. The 2011 egyptian revolution elizabeth gutfreundwalmsley, oct 14 2012, 6365 views.
Social media sparking the egyptian revolution in 2011. In the weeks after that, demonstrations and riots began in egypt. Social media in the egyptian revolution international journal. Download in pdf, epub, and mobi format for read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It is also called the day of anger and the day of revolt. The role of women in the egyptian 25th january revolution. Egyptian revolution september 7, 2011 pomeps briefings 6.
Egyptian revolution of 2011 flickr al jazeera english 8. The twoway human rights groups say the situation in egypt is worse now than it was under dictator hosni mubarak. While the 2011 egyptian revolution has already become the subject of much debate, the roots of the socioeconomic context which made the revolution possible have seldom been explored. Download this study guide pdf for additional information about egypt, including historical background, maps, details on the 2011 uprising, and the role. Sep 17, 20 mona makramebeid, former member of parliament 20112012 dec. Thi s researc h articl e attempts to scrutinize the nature and cause s of the ara b uprising s which too k people by surpris e globall y throughou t 2011 and int o 2012. Badie departed from the historic brotherhood position that the group was still in the basebuilding stage and he openly called for jihad and revolution. The analysis of 581 images revealed more efficacyeliciting crowds, protest activities, national and religious symbols than emotionally arousing. The cause and effects of the 2011 egyptian revolution prezi. An egyptian armoured personnel carrier covered in antimubarak graffiti in cairo, 2011. Pdf why did the 2011 egyptian revolution fail alexey. It explains how the revolution started and developed till our current day.
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