On page 101 of the social studies textbook given to sixth-grade pupils in Egyptian schools you’ll find a large section, several pages long and illustrated with pictures, explaining what it calls Hosni Mubarak’s achievements over 30 years. It contains a mere one-sentence reference to the Egyptian revolution. “But these efforts by President Mubarak were not enough to satisfy the people, which rose up to change the regime,” the text says. Not a single word about his heinous crimes against Egyptians. What are schoolchildren meant to think when they learn by heart Mr Mubarak’s alleged achievements and then see pictures of him on trial, lying on his gurney in the dock? The school texts loyal to Mr Mubarak and hostile to the revolution are one of many phenomena proving that his regime still rules Egypt. Today marks the one year anniversary of the resignation of Mr Mubarak; which of its objectives has the revolution achieved?
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