the 1919 Egyptian revolt

"Against this backdrop of immense political consciousness and involvement, the Egyptian regime today, like the British and the acquiescent Egyptian government in 1919, made a potentially fatal mistake; they went against a politically mobilised people - and insulted their intelligence. In both cases, the people had no other option but to shift their activism to the streets.  The scenes of young and articulate Egyptian women, marching in Cairo and Alexandria in recent days - chanting and leading the men in demonstrations - evoke immortalised images of the women who mobilized, marched and rallied crowds in the streets of Egypt’s cities in 1919." (thanks Rawan)