Egypt Football Revolution - Egypt

on Jul 11, 2011

Activists back in Tahrir Square


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Since the revolution Egypt has gone from a political vacuum to a politicised society. Even a football game - the Cairo derby - shows how Egyptians have become obsessed with the future of their country.
The stands are alive as the fans chant at each other, a red wave against a white one. "Ahly and Zamalek weren't just teams, they were the biggest political parties", Hazem El Mestikawy, an Egyptian football pundit, says of the gap which these football clubs filled under the regime. "From 1973 to 2011 Egyptians were not interested in politics

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