Members of the Muslim Brotherhood protest at a rally in 2013.
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The Muslim Brotherhood once held the reins of power in Egypt. Now it faces internal splits, government repression and dwindling support.
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Africans are adopting podcasting as a way of telling their own stories. In one class in Egypt, this took a feminist turn.
Nawal El Saadawi protesting at Tahrir Square, Egypt, 2011.
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She believed that writing is an act of speaking the truth, an act of courage, that must serve the people and not those in power.
El Saadawi protesting on her 80th birthday.
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To understand her contribution to public debate, it’s important to see her in the context of the historical moment that made her work possible, necessary and provocative.
Nawal El Saadawi at home in 2015.
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A firebrand activist for women’s rights, her novels espoused truths that made her hugely unpopular with the government.
Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adaweya Square before and after the August 14 massacre of more than 800 peaceful protesters in 2013.
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Two years ago, on August 14, more than 800 protesters against a coup were massacred in Cairo. A court recently upheld the death sentence for Egypt’s ousted elected leader.
Not everyone feels the same way about Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
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There are plenty of alternatives to rule by the military strongman that is destroying Egypt. But most of the viable leaders are in exile or jail.