Egypt and Revolution: Sampsonia Way’s Coverage from 2011
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Sharif Abdel Kouddous / Egyptian-American Journalist
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"The very foundations of the country are being uprooted and rebuilt…the fear barrier has been broken and I’m hopeful because I think people won’t stand for it anymore…the struggle will go on." Read the Interview
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Inji Hassan / Egyptian Blogger
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“In the middle of the acrid smell of tear gas, vinegar and cigarettes, for first time I smelled the smell of hope.” Read the Article
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Nawal El Saadawi / Egyptian Writer, Feminist
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“The whole capitalist system is collapsing because it’s very unfair to women and the poor. Now the poor, women, and young people...are revolting. I cannot discuss Egypt in isolation from America and Israel and Britain because we live in one world, and we are affected by each other.” Read the Interview
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Mona Eltahawy / Egyptian-American Journalist
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“Women are a central part of this revolution. We fight along with the men…against the military and the counterrevolution. We fight the teargas. We fight the police brutality, but we fight, what I call this fourth enemy which is sexual violence…deliberately targeted at women to try to silence us.” Watch or Read the Interview
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Timeline of Media Crackdowns
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“The military courts are fundamentally unfair, as they deny defendants basic fair trial guarantees, including the right to proper appeal.” Read the Article
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Civilian Deaths and Media Raids
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"These events and others suggest press freedom under SCAF is just as bad, if not worse, than under Mubarak before the January revolution." Read the Article
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The Military and Press Self-Censorship
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"Overt criticism of the military remains a red line with serious consequences that few are willing to cross." Read the Article
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Maikel Nabil / Egyptian Blogger, Activist
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"It’s more honorable to me to die committing suicide than allowing a bunch of criminals to feel that they succeeded in restricting my freedom. I am bigger than that farce." Read the Statement
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Alaa Abdel Fattah / Egyptian Blogger, Activist
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"I was jailed in 2006, and I am imprisoned, now...under similar flimsy accusations...the only difference is that we have exchanged State Security prosecution with military prosecution." Read the Prison Letter
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Social Media and the Egypt Uprising
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“This is not a Twitter or Facebook revolution, and it is unfair to the Egyptian people to say that it is. Facebook and Twitter are not sleeping in the streets of Suez.” Read the Article
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Horacio Castellanos Moya / Salvadoran Writer
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“What makes a big difference is whether the army is the institution that controls the country, or is an institution that is controlled by the government. You can have elections and different presidents every five years…but at the end the army decides and that’s the one that cuts the cake.” Read the Interview
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Today, January 25 marks the one-year anniversary of the “Day of Revolt,” the series of protests against Hosni Mubarak’s government that marked the start of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Mubarak resigned last February and is now standing trial against separate charges of corruption and ordering security forces to kill over 800 protesters. At the same time, Egypt is holding its first parliamentary elections since the military government took control in the president’s absence, and over 1,000 political prisoners have been released or pardoned this week, including blogger Maikel Nabil.
Despite these seemingly positive developments, large-scale protests in Tahrir Square have continued, with protesters, activists, reporters, bloggers, and dissidents alike remaining skeptical about Egypt’s political future.
Here Sampsonia Way presents a slide show of the highlights from our 2011 coverage of the Egyptian Revolution. This includes interviews with journalists, bloggers, and writers, as well as personal statements from imprisoned activists, among other articles.
Read “Freedom,” a short story by Egyptian writer and columnist Hamdy El Gazarr, a Sampsonia Way Exclusive
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One Comment on "Egypt and Revolution: Sampsonia Way’s Coverage from 2011"
It’s a precious thing to hear the words of Egyptians talking about their hard-fought struggle which inspired the world. For me, the voices of artists are especially precious since they add poetry to the lives and ideas of the revolutionaries. Thank you for ‘Freedom’.