Excursions on the Middle East, politics, the Levant, Islam in politics, civil society, and courage in the face of unbridled, otherwise unchecked power.
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Egyptian Professors Stage Rare Protests
Print: The Chronicle: 4/29/2005: Egyptian Professors Stage Rare Protests: "At Cairo University, the nation's largest, more than 100 faculty members gathered silently in front of the main administrative building, some carrying signs with pro-democracy slogans. They called for an end to interference by Egypt's state-security services in many aspects of academic life, including hiring decisions by individual departments and the content of lectures."
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