Barry Rubin: Symbol of Egypt’s Revolution On Trial For Advocating Revolution

Symbol of Egypt’s Revolution On Trial For Advocating Revolution

by Barry Rubin

Asmaa Mahfouz, the April 6 Youth Movement leader who said she began the Egyptian revolution with a tweet, has been arrested, charged with inciting violence against the military and insulting the armed forces, and will be tried by a military court. This is, of course, the kind of irony that makes a great article.

Personally, I still believe that the military will be glad when it hands back power to civilians and can return to its real business: making money for the officers.


But what did Mahfouz says that got her arrested? Here it is:

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Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal. His latest books are The Israel-Arab Reader (seventh edition), The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East (Wiley), and The Truth About Syria (Palgrave-Macmillan). His latest book is Israel: An Introduction, to be published by Yale University Press in January 2012. You can read more of Barry Rubin's posts at Rubin Reports, and now on his new blog, Rubin Reports, on Pajamas Media

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