Marc Lynch analyzes a recent demonstration in Tahrir Squre:
[T]he SCAF has repeatedly shown over the last 10 months that it will reverse course when faced with serious pressure from the street, a unified set of political demands, and reinforcing pressure from key external actors like the United States. Today's protest has produced all three of those key ingredients. Hopefully, this will force the SCAF to respond positively to the key demands — withdrawing or fundamentally revising the constitutional principles document, moving the date for the Presidential election back to April 2012, clearly commiting to an end to military rule, and putting a stop to the abuse of military courts and emergency law. That would go a long way towards helping make the upcoming elections a positive step towards a democratic Egypt rather than a tragic missed opportunity.
Joe Coscarelli flags a story [NYT] on the worryingly illiberal treatment of an Egyptian blogger for putting nude pictures of herself on her (NSFW) blog. Lee Smith focuses on attacks on the Coptic Christian minority in the new Egypt.
(Photo: Pictures of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser are placed on the head of an Egyptian protester during a rally in Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square on November 18, 2011 with the aim of pushing Egypt's ruling military to cede power, 10 months after an uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak's regime. By Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images.)
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