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Generation Revolution
How Egypt's military state betrayed its youth
Aspden, Rachel http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/jun/02/generation-revolution-egypt-military-state-youth
Publisher: The Guardian
Date Written: 02/06/2016
Year Published: 2016
Resource Type: Article
An account of the violent end of the Islamic youth uprising in Cairo and the treatment of the movement by the military and populace in its aftermath.
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I could never get used to hearing people talk about martyrdom. But after their long history of struggle with the state, it was a central part of the Brotherhood’s self-image. The army’s supporters said that the protesters at Rabaa and al-Nahda were actively seeking death, keeping women and children in the camps as human shields - though no one appeared to question why peaceful protesters should need "human shields" against their own security forces.
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It was no surprise that the corrupt and conservative media was so easily controlled by the army, but I was stunned by how quickly ordinary people who so recently had seemed to support the Islamists and their vision for Egypt's future could turn against them. "Brotherhood" had become a catch-all term synonymous with everything to be hated and feared by its opposite, "honourable citizens". At the same time, Brotherhood supporters were exaggerating their plight online, claiming that military planes had bombed survivors, calling for bloody revenge against the regime and those - particularly Christians - who supported it.
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