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Putting Middle Eastern Events in Cultural and Historical Context

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Cairo Streets Erupt

What didn't happen on April 6 seems to have happened on at least a small scale in Cairo yesterday. A few hundred demonstrators from the opposition Kifaya Movement (joined, some Twitter posts claim, by the general public) clashed openly with police in downtown Cairo. YouTube videos from Sarah Carr at Daily News Egypt and other posters to YouTube give samples:





Videos can distort and exaggerate since from within a small crowd the crowd seems to go on forever, but yesterday's demonstration seems to have been more effective (in terms of visibility, not of producing tangible results) than those April 6.

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