Amy Goodman
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Ahdaf Soueif: Amidst Egypt's Bloodshed, "We Are Trying Keep the Discourse of the Revolution Alive"
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24:06Now PlayingAs reports emerge that former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak could be released this week, we speak to the acclaimed Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif. A prominent backer of the 2011 Tahrir Square, Soueif reflects on the state of the revolution and the growing divide in Egypt. "One of most depressing things that we've seen has been how a strand of what what was the revolution, and what was either progressive or liberal, has so completely backed, endorsed, eggedon the military and the police and have completely, unrelentingly demonized the Brotherhood and Islamist currents," Soueif says from Cairo. "And I think that is part of why we've had an escalation of violence. It's as if everyone is playing out a role that is expected of them." We're also joined by Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Chris Toensing, executive director of the Middle East Research and Information Project.
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