Author: Mansura Eseddin

Protests against the acquittal of Hosni Mubarak on Tahrir Square in Cairo (photo: AFP/Getty Images)

The revolution of 25 January 2011 and its consequences

Learning from past mistakes

Right from the word go, the Egyptian writer Mansoura Ez-Eldin was part of the protests against the Mubarak regime in Tahrir Square in January 2011. She became a chronicler of the revolution, reporting daily on the unrest in the Egyptian capital. In this essay, she outlines the mistakes made by the former revolutionary movement and explains why Egypt is now undergoing an authoritarian restorationMore

The political mood in Egypt: Between a rock and a hard placeEgypt's democratic perspectives: A shroud for the revolution?Mansoura Ez Eldin on women's rights in Egypt: Between hammer and anvilInterview with the Egyptian author Mansoura Ez-Eldin: "The current situation is untenable"
Supporters of General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi on Tahrir Square in Cairo on the third anniversary of the revolution (photo: Reuters)

The political mood in Egypt

Between a rock and a hard place

The poor turnout in the constitutional referendum last week shows that the democratic spirit that fuelled the popular uprising in Egypt in 2011 is now flagging. Writer and journalist Mansoura Ez-Eldin describes the current moodMore

President Morsi Ousted: Revolution in Egypt, AgainThree Years after the Arab Uprisings: Tyranny Has Gone UnpunishedMansoura Ez Eldin on Women's Rights in Egypt: Between Hammer and Anvil
Morsi's supporters demonstrating against the president's deposition (photo: Reuters)

Egypt's Revolution at the Crossroads

A Battle That No One Can Win?

Egypt has been the scene of a series of tumultuous events since the start of demonstrations against the now-deposed President Morsi. The nation may well have entered one of the most dangerous periods in its recent history, says Mansura EseddinMore

Charlotte Wiedemann & Mansoura Ez-Eldin: Prospects for Women in the Arab SpringEgypt after the Coup: Two Sides of the Same CoinAfter the Military Coup in Egypt: Power Vacuum Looms Large

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It all began in Dresden on 20 October 2014. Organised by a hitherto unknown movement calling itself "Pegida" (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West), a small group of people took to the streets to demonstrate against what they saw as the Islamisation of the West. The banner reads "non violent and united against religious wars on German soil! PEGIDA". Although small, the march attracted a lot of attention in Germany and around the world.

Germans take to the streets: marching for and against Pegida

In the autumn of 1989, Dresden was one of the East German cities that became known worldwide for the peaceful "Monday demonstrations" against the government of the GDR that precipitated the fall of the Berlin Wall a few months later. One of the slogans chanted by the protesters at the time was "Wir sind das Volk" (We are the people). Twenty-five years on, a very different movement began organising weekly Monday demonstrations and chanting "Wir sind das Volk". In this photo gallery, we chart some of the reactions to Pegida and the developments relating to this anti-immigration and anti-Islam movement.