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Monday
Feb272012

The Factory

By AuthorIssandr El Amrani |

As part of al-Jazeera's great series on the Arab uprisings, this documentary profile the workers of Egypt's largest textile mill in Mahalla al-Kubra, who took to the streets on April 6, 2008 in the largest protests in decades, presaging the January 2011 uprising. 
DateFebruary 27, 2012 at 6:38 PM Comments Off

Reader Comments (2)

watched it, great stuff, great series

Feb 27, 2012 at 7:28 PM | Unregistered Commenteramjad

I concur with the above. And now, please forgive me for the hijacking, but mail contact page is not working for me. I just wanted to say that I can hardly wait to read here your take on Re: FOR COMMENT - Conclusion to Egypt monograph - Contemporary Challenges: Life After Mubarak

Feb 27, 2012 at 11:18 PM | Unregistered Commentermatias
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