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unusual facts about 2011 Egyptian Revolution



Egypt lobby in the United States

According to the New York Times, in 2010 three of the most notable lobbyists Tony Podesta, Robert L. Livingston and Toby Moffett scored a large success on behalf of the government of Egypt by persuading American Senators to stop passage of a bill in the United States Senate calling on Egypt to "curtail human rights abuses." Their success is credited with condoning the abuses that brought about the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Gillard Government

Following the 2011 Egyptian revolution and resignation of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, Rudd called for "constitutional reform and a clear timetable towards free and fair elections".

Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!

During the protests that led to the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, various parody versions of the book appeared on the Internet as "Hosni Mubarak Will You Please Go Now".

Mohamed Abou El-Ghar

After the 2011 Egyptian revolution Abou El-Ghar founded with some Egyptian political activists, including Amr Hamzawy, and Daoud Abdel Sayed, the left liberal Egyptian Social Democratic Party.

Sharif Abdel Kouddous

He covered several prominent events for Democracy Now! such as the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and the 2004 and 2008 Republican (RNC) and Democratic (DNC) national conventions.


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Ilan Grapel affair

Yaroslav Trofimov of The Wall Street Journal asserted that the arrest of Grapel and other Westerners in the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian revolution was part of a "military-inspired xenophobia campaign" to distance Egypt's new military rulers from the West, "portraying pro-democracy activists as spies and saboteurs, blaming the country's economic crisis and sectarian strife on foreign infiltrators, and blasting the U.S. for funding agents of change."