People Demand…

The People Demand…

The WEST and the RESTEnduring Notions?

Destined to be despotic;

DEMOCRACY HAS TO BE BROUGHT FORM THE OUTSIDE (by the west)

Expressions of the Orientalist imaginary

THEODORE ROOSEVELT: IT IS IMPORSSIBLE TO EXPECT MORAL,

INTELLECTUAL AND MATERIAL WELL-BEING WHERE MOHAMMEDANISM IS SUPREME.

EGYTIANS ARE PEOPLE OF MUSLIM FELLAHIN

WHO HAVE NEVER IN ALL TIME EXERCIZED ANY SELF-GOVERNMENT WHATSOEVER.

British Consul-General to Egypt (1883-1907) Lord Cromer announced, "I am here to liberate Muslim women, I am here to liberate them from Islam" - a view that demonstrates the desire to rescue the Muslim woman, even if against her will.

YET, he was the founder of the Women’s National Anti-Suffrage League (1908-1918) established in London on 21 July 1908.

National liberation movement were always oppressed:

Lord Cromer:

The real future of Egypt...lies not in the direction of a narrow nationalism, which will only embrace Egyptians... but rather in that of an enlarged cosmopolitanism.

HOW THE WEST DOES IT?

DEPICT THE ARAB WORLD AS BACKWORD

What about Historical Background?

USA: Support the Mujahidin to get rid of the Soviets in Afghanistan

Taliban took it to the extreme…

THE MYTH IS STILL ALIVE

IRAQ WAR: BRINGING DEMORACY ON A TANK

THE WEST HAS A MISSION TO DEMOCRATIZE THE REGION

ARAB UPRISINGS and THE MYTH OF ORIENTALISM

Clearly don’t need rescue!

What about People’s Movement?

Arab Uprisings Is it a Spring?

Is it an awakening? Palestinian Struggle Poetry – Art 4000 Strikes and Protests between 1988-2011

Is it a Revolution? Revolutionary Process

Demand WHAT?Dignity

Bread

Freedom

Social Justice Against Neo-liberalism

People DEMAND

Outcome? For Every Revolution a Counter-Revolution

Facebook – Twitter (Contain the Revolution) Violence in Syria and the Role of External Powers! West support in Bahrain for the KSA

Structures and Formal Participation? Elections Referendum

Informal Politics Art?