Egypt's Tahir Square on lockdown

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Emeagwali, Gloria (History)

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Sep 28, 2019, 4:00:33 AM9/28/19
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Egyptian security forces have blocked access to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the highly symbolic focal point of the 2011 revolution, as part of a wide-ranging crackdown aimed at heading off planned ...


Professor Gloria Emeagwali
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2014 Distinguished Research Excellence Award in African Studies
 University of Texas at Austin
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New York African Studies Association
 

Benjamin N Gold

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Sep 29, 2019, 6:58:38 PM9/29/19
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This post covers the lockdown on Egypt's Tahrir square following an anti-sisi protest. The regime was surprised by the protesting which resulted in the detention of activists and protestors. The interior ministry plans to use force as the medium for combatting and ending protests. I think that the protesting should be planned for and altered but not combatted solely by force.

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