Great on EGYPT: Notwithstanding the circumstances of Mursi’s - TopicsExpress



          

Great on EGYPT: Notwithstanding the circumstances of Mursi’s removal, there was thus something profoundly democratic about the June 30 mobilization. Much of the Western media could only conceive of the choice before Egyptians as a dichotomy -- the army or the Muslim Brothers, imposed liberalism or elected fundamentalism. It is a centuries-old trope, of course, rooted in Orientalism, propagated by modern Arab states from Algiers to Riyadh and reprised today by insufferable pundits in service of their own agendas. But Egyptians have spent more than two years demanding more and better choices, whether in national politics, in their neighborhoods or in their workplaces. Contra David Brooks and sundry, many Egyptians have a very clear sense of what democracy should be about. IT IS NOT MERELY A TRIP TO THE VOTING BOOTH EVERY FOUR YEARS-MERIP EDITORS
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 23:40:45 +0000

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