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Event recap: Ahmed Rehab's lecture on Egypt at AIC

July 16, 2012
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This past Sunday, CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, presented a lecture titled “Egypt at a Crossroads: The Making of the Second Republic” at the American Islamic College in Chicago.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features, Our News Tagged Ahmed Rehab, AIC, Arab Spring, Beyond Tahrir, Cairo, chicago, documentary, Egypt, Elections, Lecture, Mohammad Morsi, Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, revolution

Event recap: Ahmed Rehab’s lecture on Egypt at AIC

July 16, 2012
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| Categories: Events/Workshops, Features, Our News

This past Sunday, CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, presented a lecture titled “Egypt at a Crossroads: The Making of the Second Republic” at the American Islamic College in Chicago.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features, Our News Tagged Ahmed Rehab, AIC, Arab Spring, Beyond Tahrir, Cairo, chicago, documentary, Egypt, Elections, Lecture, Mohammad Morsi, Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, revolution

Huffington Post: Courage: Cairo, Egypt

October 4, 2011
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Joshua Hoyt from the Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), discusses the organization of the Egyptian Spring. According to Hoyt, physical courage in the face of police brutality is what led to the overthrow of the dictator, Hosni Mubarak.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Cairo, courage, democracy, dictator, Egypt, Egyptian Spring, Facebook, Hosni Mubarak, ICIRR, Joshua Hoyt, Khalid Said, Muslim, police brutality, Tahrir Square, Twitter

Documentary Koran by Heart offers insight into Muslim tradition and values

August 29, 2011
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Koran by Heart, a documentary film by Greg Barker which covered the 2009 Koran recital competition in Cairo where children from around the world gather to compete, aired on HBO.

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Posted in Features Tagged Cairo, Greg Barker, HBO, Islamohphobia, Jenn Schanz, Koran by Heart, Ramadan, Senegal

Worldview, Chicago Public Radio: Ahmed Rehab reflects on uncertain future of post-revolution Egypt

July 8, 2011
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Today in Cairo, frustrated activists plan to stage another mass protest to accelerate the pace of government reform. In a recent visit to Cairo, Ahmed Rehab, director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and frequent Worldview contributor, met with high-ranking officials and activists to discuss the way forward. He tells Jerome what he thinks the Egyptian people should demand now.

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Posted in Audio Clips, Features, In the Media, Multimedia Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Cairo, Chicago Public Radio, Council on American Islamic Relations, Egypt, Egypt constitutional referendum, government corruption, Jerome McDonnell, Mubarak, NPR, protest, reform, revolution, Tahrir Square, WBEZ, Worldview

VOA News: Chicago Activist Documents Egyptian Turmoil Online 2/11/11

February 11, 2011
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s speech on Thursday disappointed many protestors in Egypt. Many demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square eagerly awaited what they thought would be Mr. Mubarak’s resignation.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Cairo, democracy, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, President Mubarak, Protester, VOA, voice of america

ACTION ALERT: Attend the Free World Rally For Egypt – THIS FRIDAY –

February 1, 2011
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Let us walk in solidarity with the people of Egypt, so as to remember that the path of freedom always leads to the same place: to peace, friendship and a better world.

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Posted in Action Alerts, Features Tagged AAAN, Action Alert, CAIR Chicago, Cairo, CIOGC, democracy, dictator, Egypt, Hosny Mubarak, Mubarak, pro-democracy, protest, rally, rally for Egypt

Chicago Tribune: Rage Friday: Witnessing Egypt Firsthand

January 30, 2011
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Dubbed “Rage Friday,” Egyptians took to the streets in massive numbers all over Cairo, Alexandria, and several other cities around the country directly calling for a regime change. Until recently, while the government tolerated a certain degree of freedom of speech, criticism of Egypt’s 30-year despot Mubarak was unimaginable; those who tried faced swift retribution by the government in one form or another.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Our News Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIRChicago, Cairo, democracy, Egypt, Hillary Clinton, Hosni Mubarak, Middle East, Mubarak, Politics, President Mubarak, Protests, rally

Medill Reports: Obama’s efforts in Middle East are working, ambassadors say

October 21, 2010
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While Obama’s rhetoric has been encouraging, Muslims want to see more done, Amina Sharif, communications coordinator of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Thursday.

“Words are nice but action would be better,” she said.

There has been too little progress on a resolution between Israel and Palestine and Muslims are concerned about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Sharif said.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Amina Sharif, Cairo, Communications Coordinator, Council on American Islamic Relations, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Kate Shepherd, Medill, Middle East, Muslim, Obama, Palestine

Al-Ahram Weekly: Mixed reactions

June 12, 2009
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A week after US President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University, Gihan Shahine sifts through a web of applause, scepticism and cautious optimism

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Posted in In the Media Tagged Cairo, Israel, Middle East, Obama, Palestine
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