Authors:Nadia Oweidat, Cheryl Benard, Dale Stahl, Walid K
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: reform, initiative, grassroots, study, movement, case, kefaya
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833045482
ISBN-13: 9780833045485

Kefaya, also known as the Egyptian Movement for Change, was an indigenous movement for political reform organized in late 2004 in opposition to the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. This examination of Kefaya’s birth, its accomplishments, and the reasons for its decline is based on an analysis of the work of Egyptian scholars and Arabic-language media reports (including online and new media), as well as structured interviews with persons associated with and observers of Kefaya and the Muslim Brotherhood. It explores the challenges to grassroots attempts to bring about democracy