Civil disobedience is the
active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government,
or of an occupying international power in an effort to induce change in governmental
policy or legislation, characterized by nonviolent means", theories on
this term have been around for a long time.
Among the several civil
disobedience acts that took place along the history of modern Egypt (most of which
aren't widely known), the Egyptian Revolution of 1919 is considered
to be one of the earliest successful implementations of non-violent civil
disobedience world-wide. It was a countrywide revolution
against the British occupation of Egypt and Sudan. It was started by Egyptians
and Sudanese
from different walks of life as a wake against the British-ordered exile of
revolutionary leader Saad Zaghlul and other members of the Wafd Party
in 1919.9 February 2012: Protesters who are still raged over the bloody events that took place in Port Said stadium, which caused the death of 74 people, have announced their intention to participate in the general civil disobedience. Several political forces have suggested that the bloody events took place in cooperation with the country’s security.
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