“I see a sequence of seven main phases: creation,revolution or exodus (Israel in Egypt), law, wisdom, prophecy, gospel, and apocalypse.” LawCreationRevolutionSevenIsraelPhasesProphecyEgyptApocalypseSequenceExodus Book:The Great Code: The Bible and Literature Source: The Great Code: The Bible and Literature
“Israel no longer has allies in Egypt and in Tunisia, we are saying to the Zionist enemies that times have changed and that the time of the Arab Spring, the time of the revolution, of dignity and of pride has arrived.” EnemyChangedRevolutionPrideSpringDignityIsraelAlliesEgyptZionistArab SpringTimes Have ChangedTunisia Author:Ismail Haniyeh
“If democracy succeeds in Egypt, other countries will follow. Should the democratic experiment in Egypt be hijacked by the military or anti-democratic Islamist groups, the revolution will fail elsewhere.” IfsShouldCountryDemocracyFailingGroupsMilitaryRevolutionSucceedSpringDemocraticExperimentsElsewhereOther CountriesEgyptIslamistsArab Spring Author:David Ignatius
“It was a little harder when I first went to Egypt when I was 18 years old and being a white woman with a knapsack and in blue jeans. But again I was part of the rucksack revolution there was some grace there. You could put it that way. And confidence as well because I thought of myself as a poet. That was part of it. I was going for that, to have experiences to make the work.” WayYearsFirstsWellsLittlesWhiteGracePoetRevolutionHarderBlueEgyptJeansBlue Jeans Author:Anne Waldman
“Women in the Arab world have a rich history in their active participation in political change from the Algeria revolution against the French occupation to the most recent revolution in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya among other countries. The question is not their participation. Their question is the incorporation of women's voices fully in the new definitions of the countries where change has happened.” WorldCountryPoliticalVoiceRichHappenedRevolutionDefinitionsActiveOccupationOther CountriesParticipationEgyptLibyaArab WorldPolitical ChangeTunisiaAlgeriaIncorporationActive Participation Author:Zainab Salbi
“If you look at the list of the top wheat importers for 2010, almost half of them are Middle Eastern regimes: Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Tunisia. Egypt is the number-one importer of wheat in the entire world. Tunisia leads the entire world in per capita wheat consumption. So it's no wonder that the revolutions began with Tunisians waving baguettes in the streets and Egyptians wearing helmets made of bread.” IfsWorldLooksMadeNumbersHalfWonderStreetsMiddleRevolutionIraqListsBreadRegimesConsumptionEgyptEasternWheatArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisHelmetLibyaMoroccoYemenTunisiaAlgeriaBaguettes Author:Annia Ciezadlo
“Some socialist movements in Egypt, Tunisia and Bahrain, for instance, were genuine. I was making films about the so-called Arab Spring, and I'm well aware of how complex the situation really was. But it goes without saying is that the West immediately infiltrated and 'derailed' the revolutions, turning them into what you have described.” WellsFilmSituationMovementRevolutionSpringWestComplexesGenuineInstanceSocialistEgyptArab SpringTunisiaBahrain Author:Andre Vltchek
“There is not a revolution that succe Saudi Arabia paid $7 billion for the Salafists to come, and the United States and Israel are pouring a lot of money into Egypt. Why? To divide the country by religion.” CountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesRevolutionPaidIsraelBillionsDividesLots Of MoneyEgyptPouringArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisSucces Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“I've lived here [in Egypt] among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and Muslims and Baha'is and Sunni and Shia. The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular.” TryingChristianReligiousRevolutionConflictSecularEgyptShiaBaha Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“There was not a single Islamic slogan [in Egypt]. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now they want to divide the revolution, and religion is a very strong weapon.” MenWantFactsStrongRevolutionWeaponsMen And WomenIslamicDividesVery StrongSecularEgyptSlogansUnified Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“On those nights, the words were for me alone. They came up unbidden from my heart. They spilled over my tongue and spilled out my mouth. And because of them, I, who was nothing and nobody, was a prince of Denmark, a maid of Verona, a queen of Egypt. I was a sour misanthrope, a beetling hypocrite, a conjurer's daughter, a mad and murderous king.” HeartNightRevolutionKingsMy HeartMouthsDaughterMadTongueQueensEgyptHypocriteMe AloneMaidsSourDenmarkMisanthrope Author:Jennifer Donnelly