Egypt’s Challenge – Part 2 (Free to Speak)

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Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2013

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Shaimaa Khalil listens to the new voices of the Egyptian revolution. Under President Mubarak the media was restricted – all that’s changed but it’s presenting new challenges.

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0:00.0	This is a BBC podcast.
0:02.3	You can get all our podcasts and our terms of use
0:04.9	at BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts.
0:10.1	Hello, this is the BBC World Service.
0:13.1	Welcome to Egypt's Challenge.
0:15.2	I'm Shai Mahalil.
0:26.2	I'm in downtown Cairo in Talat Harp Street.
0:28.5	This is the heart of Cairo, just three minutes away
0:32.7	from Tahir Square, where the Egyptian Revolution erupted
0:36.0	two years ago.
0:37.3	In the last few months, hundreds of people have been killed
0:40.0	in the ongoing violence that still grips my country.
0:43.4	Egyptians are frustrated and many are very angry.
0:48.5	But listen, this is not the sound of anger.
0:52.3	This is the sound of people on their way
0:54.6	to watch a comedy show.
0:56.5	Yes, a comedy show.
0:59.4	This is a new phenomenon that is taken Egypt by storm.
1:13.3	In the second program in this series,
1:14.9	in which I look at the challenges facing my country,
1:17.7	two years on from its revolution of 2011,
1:20.9	I'm going to be listening to the new voices in Egypt.
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