The Tragedy of the Egyptian Revolution

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

6:00pm

International Affairs Building, Room 707

Khaled Fahmy

Arcapita Visiting Professor, Middle East Institute, Columbia University

American University in Cairo

"Bread. Freedom. Social Justice. Human dignity". This was the slogan that erupted in Tahrir Square in January 2011 in what proved to be one of the largest episodes of the Arab Spring. More than four years later, none of the lofty ideals that this slogan had called for has been fulfilled. On the contrary, the human rights situation in Egypt is worse today than it has ever been in living memory. More Egyptians have been killed by security forces in the past year than during Mubarak's thirty years in power. Courts have been passing down death sentences by the hundreds in sessions that last no more than a few minutes. Hundreds of young activists are now behind bars. Many more have fled the country in self-imposed exiles. Informed by many years of studying Egypt's modern history and reflecting on his own personal experience in Tahrir, Khaled Fahmy will be lecturing about the Tragedy of Egypt's Revolution.

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