LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
HUFFINGTON
01.26.14
The Pulse
of a Nation
N THIS WEEK’S issue,
we put the spotlight
on Egypt, where things
feel disturbingly similar to the way they were before the
Arab Spring.
As we launch The WorldPost,
our new global initiative in partnership with the Berggruen Institute on Governance, our Cairobased correspondent Sophia Jones
checks the pulse of the nation,
three years after the revolution
that ended the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. While the Arab Spring
raised hopes for a new era of democracy, those expectations have
long since dulled in Egypt, with the
same generals who held power before the revolution back in charge.
“Much of the Egyptian public seems to have accepted this
state of affairs, regardless of the
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democratic ideals that drove the
revolution,” Sophia writes. “The
once-popular battle cry of ‘bread,
freedom, and social justice’ has
seemingly been forgotten, trumped
by the military-backed regime’s
promise to restore security.”
Meanwhile, members of the
Muslim Brotherhood — the group
that gained popular support during
the Arab Spring and elevated the
now-ousted Mohammed Morsi to
the presidency — find themselves
targets, branded as a terrorist organization by Egypt’s new leaders.
“[The military has] capitalized
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