Marwa Maziad

The Broth­er­hood’s fail­ure to trans­form it­self into a vi­able po­lit­i­cal par­ty was detri­men­tal to its po­lit­i­cal sur­vival.

Re­cent events in Turkey share in­ter­est­ing sim­i­lar­i­ties with Egypt’s 2011 up­ris­ing – but they are not yet a “rev­o­lu­tion”.

Egyp­tians are fi­nal­ly seiz­ing democ­ra­cy for them­selves, but the coun­try’s im­me­di­ate fate rests on a smooth tran­si­tion.