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January 26, 2013

Deja Vu on the Nile

The Daily Star, The Daily Star

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Thousands of people took to the streets of Egypt Friday to mark the second anniversary of the popular uprising that toppled the regime of President Hosni Mubarak. Many were busy chanting “the people want the fall of the regime!” – not as a nostalgic trip down memory lane, but as an expression of deep disappointment with the “achievements” of the revolution of January 2011.

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TAGGED: Arab Spring, Egypt

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