Have Egyptians Made Peace with Military Rule?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Former Egyptian Dictator Hosni Mubarak is out of legal jeopardy. Another military strong man sits as president and the opposition is in jail. In Egypt it looks like the Arab winter has set in.
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| 0:40.6 | The New Egypt, same as the old? |
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| 0:59.3 | Three years after the Arab Spring in Egypt, it seems a long cold winter has returned. |
| 1:05.2 | Former strongman Mubarak has been cleared of all charges from the 2011 killings. |
| 1:14.2 | A new general, L. Cece, has consolidated power as president, and thousands of religious and secular opposition activists are in jail. |
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