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November 1, 2011 Special Dispatch No. 4243

'Occupy Wall Street' - Reactions and Support in the Arab & Muslim World: Egyptian Tahrir Square Protest Leader Visits Occupy Wall Street, Leads Chants In Arabic of 'The People Want to Topple the Regime'

November 1, 2011
Egypt | Special Dispatch No. 4243

Asmaa Mahfouz, a founder of Egypt's April 6 movement which helped organize and lead the protests in Tahrir Square in Egypt, visited the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City along with several other Egyptian activists, on October 24, 2011. [1]

The following are excerpts from footage of the visit:[2]




Crowd, including Asmaa Mahfouz, chants in Arabic: "The people want to topple the regime."
Endnotes:

[1] Democracy Now, http://www.democracynow.org/2011/10/25/from_tahrir_to_wall_street_egyptian

[2] YouTube.com, accessed on October 31, 2011

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