The Reception of U.S. Discourse on the Egyptian Revolution
The Reception of U.S. Discourse on the Egyptian Revolution
Between the Popular and the Official
This essay is a reading of the popular reaction of the Egyptian public to the ambiguous position of the U.S. on the 2011 Egyptian revolution. The position of the Obama administration fluctuated between support for the Egyptian regime and its own political interests on the one hand, and an attempt to gain the trust of the Egyptian youth and living up to its idealistic image as the epitome of freedom and democracy. This double standard reaction did not please either the Tahrir youth, who expected the Obama administration to legitimize its position on the side of the people, or for that matter the Egyptian government which perceived the U.S. as forfeiting the support it has unconditionally provided Mubarak’s regime throughout the thirty years of his reign. The essay highlights the tripartite relationship between the U.S. political rhetoric, the official Egyptian response, and the reaction of the Egyptian public, shedding light on how the latter in targeting either of the first two often also directly impacts the other.
Keywords: Egyptian revolution, popular culture, U.S. Discourse
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