Kefaya movement

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The Kefaya movement was an Egyptian grassroots political protest coalition formed in the early 2000s that opposed Hosni Mubarak’s rule and helped lay the groundwork for the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.

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Kefaya movement canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf grassroots movement
political movement
protest movement
alternativeName Egyptian Movement for Change
Kefaya
composition Islamists
Nasserism
surface form: Nasserists

independent activists
leftists
liberals
country Egypt
countryOfOrigin Egypt
declinePeriod late 2000s
foundedInDecade 2000s
ideology anti-authoritarianism
civil liberties advocacy
pro-democracy
inception 2004
influenced Egyptian Revolution of 2011
surface form: 2011 Egyptian Revolution
legacy contributed to normalization of public dissent in Egypt
pioneering open anti-Mubarak slogans in Egyptian street politics
location Cairo
mainGoal ending Hosni Mubarak’s rule
free and fair elections in Egypt
political reform in Egypt
preventing dynastic succession in Egypt’s presidency
mediaStrategy use of independent and opposition newspapers
movementType grassroots coalition
umbrella opposition coalition
nameMeaning Enough
nativeName الحركة المصرية من أجل التغيير
nativeNameShort كفاية
notableEvent 2005 anti-Mubarak demonstrations
notableFigure Abdel Halim Qandil
Ayman Nour
George Ishak
Mohamed ElBaradei
opposed Gamal Mubarak’s succession
Hosni Mubarak
emergency law in Egypt
hereditary transfer of power in Egypt
opposedConcept police brutality in Egypt
political corruption in Egypt
restrictions on freedom of expression in Egypt
politicalPosition opposition to ruling National Democratic Party
roleIn2011Revolution helped lay groundwork for mass protests
slogan Kefaya
timeOfPeakActivity mid-2000s
usedMethod demonstrations
media campaigns
public petitions
sit-ins
street protests

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Friday of Anger hasParticipant Kefaya movement