Egyptian Movement for Change

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grassroots organization political movement protest movement

The Egyptian Movement for Change, commonly known as the Kefaya movement, was a grassroots political protest movement that emerged in the early 2000s to oppose authoritarian rule and advocate for democratic reforms in Egypt.

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Surface form	Occurrences
الحركة المطالبة بالإصلاح السياسي في مصر	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	grassroots organization ⓘ political movement ⓘ protest movement ⓘ
activeDuring	Hosni Mubarak presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ
advocatesFor	civil liberties ⓘ constitutional reform ⓘ democratic reforms ⓘ free and fair elections ⓘ political pluralism ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kefaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Kifaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
emergedIn	early 2000s ⓘ
focusesOn	ending emergency rule ⓘ political reform in Egypt ⓘ preventing presidential succession from Mubarak to his son ⓘ
formedIn	2004 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	cross-ideological coalition ⓘ includes leftists, liberals, and Islamists ⓘ
hasGoal	ending authoritarian rule in Egypt ⓘ establishing democratic governance in Egypt ⓘ
ideology	anti-authoritarianism ⓘ democracy movement ⓘ political reformism ⓘ
influenced	Egyptian opposition politics in the 2000s ⓘ later protest movements in Egypt ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
movementType	grassroots ⓘ nonviolent protest movement ⓘ
nativeLabel	الحركة المصرية من أجل التغيير NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	challenging presidential succession plans ⓘ early open criticism of Hosni Mubarak ⓘ
opposes	authoritarian rule in Egypt ⓘ emergency law in Egypt ⓘ extension of presidential terms ⓘ hereditary succession of power ⓘ
politicalPosition	opposition ⓘ
region	Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	Kefaya movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
slogan	Kefaya (Enough) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesMethod	media campaigns ⓘ petitions ⓘ public demonstrations ⓘ street protests ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kefaya movement → alternativeName → Egyptian Movement for Change ⓘ

محمد البرادعي → movement → Egyptian Movement for Change ⓘ

this entity surface form: الحركة المطالبة بالإصلاح السياسي في مصر