Project on Middle East Democracy

Project on Middle East Democracy
The POMED Wire


Voices From Tahrir Square – Continued (Feb 1)

February 1st, 2011 by Alec

POMED is regularly continuing to speak with activists on the ground at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Two of our contacts today gave us permission to share audio of their comments, which are available here:

Soha Abdelaty - Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)

“Everyone is making fun of him [Hosni Mubarak], mocking him, and saying this is nowhere close to satisfying our demands.”
“They are completely disconnected from the people here. No one here is backing the [traditional] opposition [Wafd Party]…They are working on their own.”

Basem Fathy – Egyptian Democratic Academy (EDA)

“They [the army] will not stand against the people, they will not use violence.”


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