The Egyptian Revolution Is Not a Failed Revolution

Counter/Argument: A Middle East Podcast

Almost as soon as there was an Arab Spring, there was talk of an Arab winter. In Egypt, mass demonstrations in January 2011 led to the end of Hosni Mobarak’s 30-year presidency. But only two years later, the military removed the elected president, Mohammad Morsi, and arrested him and other members of the Muslim Brotherhood. By 2014, General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who had led the coup, was elected president and remains so until today. The revolution, by most accounts, had failed. In this episode of Counter/Argument, Youssef El Chazli argues otherwise. Join host Naghmeh Sohrabi as she and El Chazli discuss misconceptions surrounding the success of the Egyptian revolution and the enduring role the revolution plays in shaping Egyptian society, as well as the Egyptian state today.
Youssef El Chazli, associate professor/Maitre de conférences of Sociology at the University of Paris 8 Vincennes - Saint-Denis. He was previously a junior research fellow at the Crown Center.
Naghmeh Sohrabi, director for research at the Crown Center and the Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History.
More Resources

• Youssef El Chazli, "Revolution as a Life-Altering Experience: The Case of Egypt," Middle East Brief 136, July 2020, https://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/middle-east-briefs/pdfs/101-200/meb136.pdf
• Youssef El Chazli, Hannah Elsisi, and Neil Ketchley, "The Egyptian Revolution, 10 Years On," Crown Conversations 5, January 28, 2021, https://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/crown-conversations/cc-5.html
• Hayal Akarsu, Yazan Doughan, and Youssef El Chazli, "Policing and Protests: Insights from the Middle East," Crown Conversations 3, July 2, 2020, https://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/crown-conversations/cc-3.html

Editorial team: Naghmeh Sohrabi, Karen Spira, Ramyar D. Rossoukh
Producer: Karen Spira
Audio engineer: Levon Henry
Podcast art: Chae Lee
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