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The Egyptian Revolution has been a work in progress for a long time. In 1798 it was fought against the Napoleonic occupation. In 1882 it was against a British invasion. In 1919 it was a major uprising against the British occupiers that led to Egypt’s semi-independence in 1923. In 1956 it was to resist the attack by Great Britain, France, and Israel. By December of that year, Egypt was free from foreign occupation until 1967 when Israel occupied the Sinai. This occupation lasted until 1979. In 1952, a military coup removed the monarchy and established a republic in 1953. Egypt has remained independent since July 1952, but it exists under a dictatorial military regime that has lasted until present day, with only a brief interlude of one year under Mohamed Morsi’s presidency and the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). The interlude ended on July 3, 2013. The military regime that began in 1952 is now firmly in control and likely to officialize that role with the April 2014 presidential election that are very likely to see Field Marshall el-Sisi become president for the next four years (renewable for one more term under the 2014 constitution). In the meantime, democracy will have to wait, as it has since at least 1952. But the Egyptian people’s aspirations for democracy, freedom, and dignity go on, as does their struggle for the attainment of these rights.
By the end of 2010 the economic situation had deteriorated significantly and the abuses of the Mubarak regime had become so blatant as to be intolerable...
