Egypt strikes two revolutions from history textbooks

Amr Mostafa

Jun 30, 2017

Anti-government protesters demonstrate near riot police at Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo January 25, 2011. Thousands of Egyptians demanded an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule and clashed with police on Tuesday, in unprecedented protests inspired by the revolt that brought down Tunisia's president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTXX2LD — Anti-government protesters demonstrate near riot police at Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 25, 2011. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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CAIRO — Egypt’s Ministry of Education announced June 17 that the revolutions of Jan. 25, 2011, and June 30, 2013, will not be mentioned in high school history textbooks for the academic year 2017-18. This has stirred a widespread controversy among parliamentarians and educational experts, and between opponents and supporters of the revolutions.

The ministry had included in the history curriculum the events of the January 25 Revolution in 2012 and the uprisings of June 30 in 2014.