Egyptian textooks massively cut national revolution of 2011

The Washington Post recently published an article reporting about the approaches to the national revolution in 2011 of Egyptian textbooks. Before these political changes the education system has been an extension of the government and thus steered and restricted by it.

But the politicization and censoring reached a new level:  Former Vice President Mohamed al-Baradei was left off a list of Nobel Prize winners, the revolution is shrugged off with “Muslims and Christians, in a picture of national unity, calling for freedom and dignity” and ignoring the effort of activist who started the uprising. Dr. Samy Nassar, a Professor in educational history at Cairo University, summarizes the current curriculum as a reflection of president Sisis regime.

Nassar fears that students and parents might ignore or accept these textbook changes since they have to gain the qualifications in order to pass classes and exams. The Egyptian Education Ministry has not responded to requests by the Washington Post for comments on these textbook matters.

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Photo credit: The lion of Egyptian revolution (Qasr al-Nil Bridge) by Jbartaj / CC BY-SA 2.0
Information source: egyptindependent.com