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Where is Mostafa al-Naggar? Today marks 500 days since the former opposition lawmaker was last seen. He is one of many dissidents forcibly disappeared by the #Egyptian regime.
#WhereIsMostafa
In 2010 in #Cairo, I met Mostafa al-Naggar for coffee. At the time, he was a dentist who blogged, and I had just finished teaching a course at the New School in #NYC. I had assigned his writing to my students and they interviewed him for their semester project. #WhereIsMostafa
Mostafa went on to become elected to #Egypt’s first-post #Jan25 Revolution parliament.

An #Egyptian court has ordered the country's interior minister to reveal the whereabouts of Mostafa, who is believed to be in state custody. google.com/amp/s/www.nati… #WhereIsMostafa
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On this 9th anniversary of the #Egyptian revolution, remember:
- No revolution begins overnight
- No revolution finishes 18 days later
- No revolution will succeed without gender liberation.

An Egyptian woman from the epilogue to my 1st book on women and the revolution 👇🏽
“I want an #Egypt where my daughter can walk in the streets as free as a boy.”

For those who answer “But no one is free, men aren’t free either.”

The State oppresses everyone, yes.

But the State, the Street, & the Home TOGETHER oppress women. That’s the Trifecta of Misogyny
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