Egypt Movement for Change Clarifications & Info 01 Feb 2011 Mona El-Sayed

 Political  Lack of democracy (president, government, political parties & parliament not representing the people);  Political suppression & torture in prisons;  Corruption on all levels.  Economic  Poverty Increase & widened gap between the rich & poor;  Unemployment rate increase;  High inflation with no increase at income levels.  International relations  Worsening relations with the Nile Basin countries;  Worsening position within the Arab region;  No strategic role in Africa;  Tied aid dependency (Peace process with Israel).  Social & other  Social Stresses especially between Christians and Muslims)  Education deterioration AND MORE The Motives

 Immediate resignation of president Mubarak;  Formation of a temporary people government that does not involve the National Democratic Party;  Termination of the emergency law & Immediate release of arrested people & demonstrators;  To question & hold accountable the responsible of bad country conditions and corruption;  Freedom of expression and rights. To Start with The Demands

 This is a movement of the Egyptian youth… ordinary people. No party and no organization or a leader has the credit in it…  Muslim brothers and Kaeada (they are not part of people movements in Egypt) are not the leaders for this movement contrary to the info being spread.  There is extreme solidarity between Muslims and Christians in the streets… this is an EGYPTIAN movement no matter what your religion is;  Our question now is not who comes next as a president…. Our mission now is to get rid of the corrupted government and president;  Demonstrations & movement is ‘selmiya’ meaning peaceful. However the vandalism is done by the police forces and hooligans, then accused the demonstrations of it in order to legitimate the tightening of the control. Facts & Info

 Very patient  Very peaceful & not conflict maker But  Very strong & powerful  Determined &  Fast when it runs Egyptians are like …

Pre - 25 Jan? Incidents that made the difference  Demonstrators arrested whenever anyone try to say something;  Police torture incidents  June 2010, the death of Khaled Said;  Splitting between Muslim & Christians in Egypt  New year’s eve bombing. Growing Anger We’ve Had It

25 Jan – Cairo The photo that made the difference & gave us hope

25 Jan – Cairo We stayed there till the night

25 Jan - Cairo

26 Jan – Cairo Police violence started

26 Jan - Cairo

26 Jan – Cairo Famous Journalist arrested & many others

26 Jan - Cairo

27 Jan – Suez Tear Gas bombs

27 Jan Evening... Till 29 Jan E GYPT I SOLATED No internet – No phones Aggression towards reporters 27 Jan Evening... Till NOW N O INTERNET Limitation of Media & Reports

28 Jan Attack while praying

28 Jan Army in the streets

28 Jan Demonstrators welcoming the army

28 Jan

Women in Demonstrations

Families in Demonstrations

About 8 Million demonstrators in Egypt The Current Status 01Feb 2011

 Young people troops continue to protect personal and public properties;  Young people Continue to cleaning the streets willing doing so. The Current Status

 In Solidarity … all ages, all social classes, religions and genders  Peacefully The Current Status

The Stick  1st Day: Police violence against peaceful protestors;  2nd Day: about 900 arrested and 5 killed;  3 rd day & till now: An organized strategy of terrifying the demonstrators  Army spreading & withdrawal of police  Organized looters (public institutions, shops, banks homes)  Yesterday mobilizing aggressive anti protestors Output… The summary The Carrot  4 th Day: dismiss of the cabinet;  5 th Day: appointment of a vice president and a new prime minster;  6 th Day: Appointment of cabinet that contains 50% previous ministers;  8 th Day: Hosni announces:  He stays till end of term but will not run for another term as a president;  He asked the parliament to work on reform and articles 76 & 77 and limit terms of presidency;

Mubarak  By accepting what we achieved for now The Choices The Chaos  Continue demonstrations and face the aggression of government The People want the president down

International Solidarity  Understand why Egyptians are demonstrating;  Help others to understand it too --- share info and spread awareness;  Solidarity with Egypt & its people in their strike for freedom;  Lobbying:  At your governments level  At your media level  At human organizations FREEDOM Is not a one country fight It is yours too Why you?