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Protested for women's rights and freedom, against the monarchy and British occupation.
Egypt 1936 student protest and artist/activist Inji Efflatoun | Al Jazeera World |
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Painting from prison: Egypt's iconic activist, Inji Efflatoun | Al Jazeera |
Inji Efflatoun - artist, feminist and communist in mid-20th-century Egypt, was jailed for her political activism.
An artist, communist, feminist and a champion of the poorest people in Egypt - this is the story of the painter and political activist, Inji Efflatoun.
She was born in 1924 into a traditional Muslim family in Cairo's French-speaking upper class and was sheltered from everyday life. She started painting in her teens and then joined a group of artists, intellectuals and communists with strong anticolonial views.
Her paintings captured the injustices of 1940s and 50s Egypt - extreme poverty and the continued British imperial military presence in the Suez Canal zone.
Efflatoun was jailed in President Gamal Nasser's anticommunist crackdown - but probably produced her best work in prison, depicting female life behind bars, Palestinian fighters and the poorest Egyptian labourers.
She was released in 1962 and continued to paint until her death in 1989. Efflatoun was an original Arab artist and a champion of the poor when no one else seemed to care.
Egypt 1935-36 student protest and Abbas bridge incident.
The student movement in Egypt over the last century | Middle East Monitor |
On November 9, 1935, Sir Samuel Hoare announced that Britain considers the 1923 constitution as inapplicable. This statement ignited this uprising that did not subside.
November 13, 1935, was the first day of the uprising when about 2,000 students from Giza University marched to Cairo. According to British authorities, the students were more aggressive than ever before and they were difficult to deal with, unlike previous instances. The demonstrations continued for over the coming days and the government announced that it would close the university several times. Each time, the university was closed for a week at a time, until studies were suspended indefinitely on December 8, but this did not stop the uprising.
On November 14 the demonstration, consisting of approximately 4,000 students, clashed with British police on the famous Abbas Bridge. One student was wounded during the clashes, and another student, Mohamed Abdel-Hakam Al-Garrahy, was killed and his funeral turned into a striking national funeral attended by senior national leaders such as Mustafa El-Nahhas Pasha, Sidqi and Mohamed Mahmoud.
The uprising ended with a royal decree dictating the restoration of the 1923 constitution. In addition to this, the students pushed the leaders of the political parties to form a united front.
Egypt students mark '46 workers and students anti-British uprising with anti-SCAF marches, protests | Ahram Online -21 Feb 2012 |
University students from across the country are commemorating the 66th anniversary of Egypt's 1946 student and workers uprising by staging a number of protest marches and other activities.
Students from over 15 Egyptian universities and 14 student movements, along with a number of high school students, are using the occasion to demand justice for protesters and activists slain in the wake of last year's revolution and the swift handover of power from the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to a civil authority. Doaa Basiouny, a student at Ain Shams Univerisity, added that core student demands were also being raised, including calls for free education and better academic facilities.
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In the capital, around 1000 Cairo University students set out from the university's main gate from which they would march to Egypt's parliament building, passing across Cairo's iconic Abbas Bridge.
Egypt, the Cradle of Civilization, and Youth of the 25th January Revolution
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Egypt protests: Student killed in clashes with Egyptian riot police in Muslim Brotherhood demos
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