We are caught between a paranoid dinosaur state and a mythical monster state..

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Speaking at the Oslo Freedom Forum in 2015, Gameela Ismail described Egypt's political predicament as a choice between entrenched authoritarianism and the fear of extremist alternatives. She argued that this false dichotomy had been used to suppress democratic aspirations following the 2011 revolution.

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We have to purify the media and security organs from those who committed these crimes and repair the relationship between the citizen and the police.

It is out of control. It's been out of control for at least 10 days. The masses, the people want Mubarak off the scene.

We need a new psychology.

And this is what I always tell the people in the square... we are in the very last part of the long, dark tunnel. It's either we keep our strength and courage and pass this remaining part of the tunnel, or we're going to be stuck here for at least 10 years.

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We are caught between a paranoid dinosaur state and a mythical monster state..

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