Ahmed Shafik

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Cairo democracy activist wrapped in an Egyptian flag (photo: Lisa Goldman)
The new Egypt – not so ‘dark’ after all
Despite the way it has been depicted in popular Israeli newspapers, the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate for president was less a vote for Islamism than a vote against dictatorship. Since the glory of the Tahrir revolt last January and February, things in Egypt have seemed to go downhill. The young secular idealists who started the protests were displaced by…
By Larry Derfner June 26, 2012
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