Egyptian Revolution Quotes

“أكبر جريمة ارتُكبت في العقود الثلاثة الماضية كانت تفريغ العقول ، طمس الفكر وتسييس القناعات ويوما ما سيتولى التاريخ محاكمة مرتكبيها.”
― أحمد مراد, تراب الماس

“The revolution has no leader, I said. It was more like a raging wild horse that would buck anyone who tried to mount it against its will.”
― Wael Ghonim, Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power: A Memoir

“The Egyptian revolution will remain indebted to everyone who tossed a stone into the still waters at a time when doing so risked beating, and arrest, or worse.”
― Wael Ghonim, Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power: A Memoir

“هناك دائما غضب ... و يكون غضب المصريين من المصريين .. و عليهم .. ثم يكون ضيق بالغضب و الغاضبين .. و هذا هو كل تاريخ مصر.. قديما و حديثا”
― أنيس منصور, غلطة عمري

“our collective participation on the Jan25 is the beginning of the end-- the end of silence, acceptance, and submission to all that is happening in our country, and the beginning of a new page of coming forward and demanding our rights. Jan25 is not a revolution in the sense of a coup, but rather a revolution against our government to let them know that we have taken interest in one another's problems and that we shall reclaim all our rights and will not be silent anymore.”
― Wael Ghonim, Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power: A Memoir

“You've done a lot of work on the revolution, obviously. And you tend to focus on women's rights and free speech. What other issues are you drawn to?

Eladl: All the issues that concern Egyptian citizen. I deal a lot with women's issues, gender rights, but I think I focus a lot of my work on Egyptian citizens and, because I think any reform should start with the Egyptian citizen, trying to get them to participate in this process.
The purpose of editorial cartooning is to awaken people. Some media outlets, whether in the United States or Egypt, distort the facts. And normally the media is controlled either by government, by investors, by the people who have the money. So cartoons, they should look into issues and make it clear whether it is black or white, or whether there is a grey area. People can look and distinguish between sincere and honest cartoonists and from other kinds that are not. Even an historian can be under pressure and to fake the writing of history. But cartoonists, we have the freedom to say what we want.

(2011 interview with Cartoon Movement)”
― Doaa El-Adl