Abstract
Did western political aid agencies encourage the 25 January uprising with their civil society promotion projects? Did they encourage mass mobilization against the regime, or perhaps tutor dissidents in how to organize grassroots opposition? At the same time as the United States and other NATO powers were providing economic and military assistance to the Egyptian regime, did they also foment popular defiance? Some people seem to think so; different narratives about foreign provocation of Egypt's uprising circulated in Arabic and in English.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2012
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Copyright © 2012 American University in Cairo Press. This chapter first appeared in Arab Spring in Egypt: Revolution and Beyond.
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Recommended Citation
Carapico, Sheila. "Egypt's Civic Revolution Turns 'Democracy Promotion' on Its Head." Arab Spring in Egypt: Revolution and Beyond. Ed. Bahga Korany and Rabab El-Mahdi. Cairo: American U in Cairo, 2012. 199-222. Print.