Media: Egypt’s Political Revolution, Explained by Young Ali Ahmed

July 23, 2013

I don’t know what you were doing in middle school, but reading newspapers and using words like “theocracy” probably weren’t among your normal activities.

But for Ali Ahmed, a young Egyptian recently interviewed by El Wady News, grasping his country’s ongoing revolution and its political intricacies is as elementary as a spelling lesson.

This video is making the Internet rounds. …it’s being applauded as a great introductory primer on Egyptian politics.

To read more from this article by takepart.com, click HERE.

 

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