CAIRO
Mehmet Kemal Firik - Hamdi Yıldız
Unlike those shouted aftermath the civil uprising on January 25, 2011 in Egypt, the anti-coup slogans that are chanted at Rabaa al-Adawiya, Nahda Squares of Egyptian capital Cairo stress democracy, targeting Egypt's Defense Minister and military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who is the leading actor of the July 3 military coup.
Ongoing for over a month, the anti-coup protests in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya Square is marked by slogans of the pro-democracy protesters beginning with "Down with military structure (Yeskut yeskut hukmu'l asker)" and going on as "Revolutionists, libertarians, we will go all lengths of revolution (Suwwar, ahrar, hankemmil mishwar)," the most prominent slogans of the square filled with anti-coup protesters.
Comparing the Egypt's Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, the slogans go like "Bashar destroyed the mosques, masjeeds, Sisi broke down Egyptians at prayers"
The slogans urge the Egyptian army to leave the government and return to its barracks, voiced as "It is not us but Sisi who is leaving" and "Down the army, this is not a military post but a state."
Saluting Egypt's first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi who was ousted by the Egyptian army via July 3 military coup, Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda Squares cry "Sisi, oh Sisi, my President Morsi," "All remain silent and salute our President Morsi" and "Wake up Sisi, wake up! Our President Morsi wake up!"
Anti-coup protesters also remind the violence of the Egyptian security forces against the peaceful protesters, challanging the snipers as "I have one left unhit space on my chest for another bullet."
Shouting the names of the matryrs of the attacks on protesters individually as slogans, the pro-democracy protesters taking the squares yell "Listen, it's the mother of a matryr speaking", "Sisi killed my child" and "Oh the Martyr, rest in peace, will the murderer be judged before the public."
The most famous of the anti-coup slogans chanted at the squares are as follows:
"Coup and terrorists hand in hand," "Have a say to Sisi," "You're the traitor of legitimacy," "Say something strong to Sisi" and "You're like a baltaji."
The anti-coup protests in the Egyptian capital Cairo have continued since June 30 with hundreds of thousands taking to streets and squares, especially at Rabaa al-Adawiya, Nahda Squares, in demand of democracy, release and reinstatement of the ousted and detained President Mohamed Morsi and other political detainees and urging the army to abdicate.
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