Erstellt am: 1. 7. 2013 - 14:16 Uhr

A Revolution Reload as EU Tempers Explode

Reality Check: Egyptians take back to the streets in a major way and European officials are livid about a report claiming that the U.S. National Security Agency spied on EU offices.

Ahmad Fahmy

The Sofa Revolution hits the streets of Cairo, June 30, 2013

Arab Springs Back into Action

Proving their commitment to revolution as a long-term project, millions of Egyptians took to the streets, not just in Cairo and the big cities but in towns and villages across the country. Egyptians who helped overthrow a 29-year dictatorship have now given the country's first democratically elected president one day to step down from office.
In case the above sounds one-sided to you, consider this: the Muslim Brotherhood have remained silent over the weekend, countervoices (to the masses calling for the resignation of President Morsi) are marginal and there were millions in the street, more than in The Original Revolution Days of 2011. These are developments which have been reported in all spectrums of the international news-service landscape.
While there have been seven reported deaths during the demonstrations, which started on Friday and reached a millions-strong climax last night, the protests have been relatively peaceful.

Having said that, this morning, shortly after I had the below-posted talk with FM4's correspondent in Cairo, Karim El Gawhary, protesters stormed and ransacked the Cairo headquarters of President Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood Islamist group.

Like every single person I know, Egyptian or not, I am anxious and hopeful that instances of violence do not occur or is at the very least kept to an absolute minimum.
You don't have to be objective to hope for that.
I also hope that Egyptians maintain their sense of humour.

Ashraf Hassanein

The bubble says, "I need the loo!"

From the way "Sofa Revolutionaries" have come out of their living rooms to the creative and often funny way Egyptians portray their disenchantment with their government and/or the (bladder)pressure of participating in such massive demonstrations, Karim and I talk about the very human aspect of this weekend's events, right after he gave me this morning's latest news...

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An illustration picture shows computer cables inside a server room in Berlin,¦Germany, 01 July 2013

I Spy With My Little Computer Program...

...something that looks like a heck of a lot of European emails. Der Spiegel claims to know what many suspected when the whole ex-CIA- whistleblower- Snowden-NSA-spying-scandal broke a few weeks ago... Not only does the NSA keep tabs on Americans, Europeans are allegedly not immune to the US National Security's Agency's prying eyes. Our EU correspondent, Vanessa Mock, tells us more...

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