Have You Been Following the News About Egypt?
Much has happened in Egypt in the past week. Tens of thousands of protesters called for President Hosni Mubarak to step down, and Mr. Mubarak responded by disbanding his government, while retaining his position. The protests continue. What do you know about Mubarak's regime? How much have you followed this story? What has your reaction been?
In the article "Jubilant Protesters Hail ElBaradei," Anthony Shadid reports from Cairo as the first week of the people's uprising ends with a potential leader of the opposition emerging in Mohamed ElBaradei, an Egyptian-born lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leading critic of President Hosni Mubarak:
It was another momentous occasion in a week of some of the most tumultuous events in modern Egyptian history. But even as the nation was buoyed by euphoria that three decades of President Hosni Mubarak's rule may be coming to an end, it was seized by growing fears of lawlessness.
In a stunning collapse of authority, most of the police force had withdrawn from major cities and thousands of inmates poured out of four prisons.
The United States said it was organizing flights to evacuate its citizens, urging all Americans in Egypt to "consider leaving as soon as they can safely do so" and underlining a deep sense of pessimism among Egypt's allies over Mr. Mubarak's fate.
As many as 100 tanks and armored carriers gathered near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the site where President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981, bringing Mr. Mubarak to power. Military helicopters flew over Cairo, circling Liberation Square through the day, and fighter jets roared every few minutes across a late afternoon sky.
But the army took no steps against the protesters, who cheered as the helicopters passed overhead. In an unprecedented scene, some of them lofted a captain in uniform on their shoulders, marching him through a square suffused with protesters that cut across Egypt's entrenched lines of class and religious devotion.
In contrast to the anxiety and apprehension elsewhere in Cairo, where looters have broken into some shops, burned a shopping center and stolen cars, a carnival atmosphere descended on the square, where vendors offered food at discount prices and protesters posed for pictures in front of tanks scrawled with slogans like, "30 years of humiliation and poverty."
"The people and the army are one hand!" they shouted.
Students: Tell us what you predict will happen in Egypt. Do you have any friends or family members who live in or are visiting Egypt now? What are your wishes for the people–and the leadership–of Egypt? In general, when do you follow news about international events? Why?
Teachers: Use our recent lesson plan Mapping Discord: Creating a Primer on the Arab World and last Thursday's 6 Q's About the News:Protests in Egypt
Much has happened in Egypt in the past week. Tens of thousands of protesters called for President Hosni Mubarak to step down, and Mr. Mubarak responded by disbanding his government, while retaining his position. The protests continue. What do you know about Mubarak's regime? How much have you followed this story? What has your reaction been?
In the article "Jubilant Protesters Hail ElBaradei," Anthony Shadid reports from Cairo as the first week of the people's uprising ends with a potential leader of the opposition emerging in Mohamed ElBaradei, an Egyptian-born lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leading critic of President Hosni Mubarak:
It was another momentous occasion in a week of some of the most tumultuous events in modern Egyptian history. But even as the nation was buoyed by euphoria that three decades of President Hosni Mubarak's rule may be coming to an end, it was seized by growing fears of lawlessness.
In a stunning collapse of authority, most of the police force had withdrawn from major cities and thousands of inmates poured out of four prisons.
The United States said it was organizing flights to evacuate its citizens, urging all Americans in Egypt to "consider leaving as soon as they can safely do so" and underlining a deep sense of pessimism among Egypt's allies over Mr. Mubarak's fate.
As many as 100 tanks and armored carriers gathered near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the site where President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981, bringing Mr. Mubarak to power. Military helicopters flew over Cairo, circling Liberation Square through the day, and fighter jets roared every few minutes across a late afternoon sky.
But the army took no steps against the protesters, who cheered as the helicopters passed overhead. In an unprecedented scene, some of them lofted a captain in uniform on their shoulders, marching him through a square suffused with protesters that cut across Egypt's entrenched lines of class and religious devotion.
In contrast to the anxiety and apprehension elsewhere in Cairo, where looters have broken into some shops, burned a shopping center and stolen cars, a carnival atmosphere descended on the square, where vendors offered food at discount prices and protesters posed for pictures in front of tanks scrawled with slogans like, "30 years of humiliation and poverty."
"The people and the army are one hand!" they shouted.
Students: Tell us what you predict will happen in Egypt. Do you have any friends or family members who live in or are visiting Egypt now? What are your wishes for the people–and the leadership–of Egypt? In general, when do you follow news about international events? Why?
Teachers: Use our recent lesson plan Mapping Discord: Creating a Primer on the Arab World and last Thursday's 6 Q's About the News:Protests in Egypt
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