Foundation Launches Documentary on Egypt Revolution

DVD Cover “The People Demand. Liberal Features of the Egyptian Revolution” is the title of a documentary film sponsored by the Regional Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF) and launched during a public forum at Rawabit Cultural Center in Cairo on September 26, 2011. The film features historic pictures of Egypt’s Revolution and commentary by leading representatives of the country’s liberal movement who played an active role in the uprising.

“In Tahrir Square, all political powers unified under one thing: they all wanted democracy, freedom and true liberal values”, says Dr. Osama Als Ghazali Harb, the former President of the liberal Democratic Front Party (DFP) “The January 25 Revolution was a direct expression of liberalism”, he concludes.

Other liberal leaders featured in the 12-minutes documentary include Wael Nawara, President of the Network of Arab Liberal (NAL), Shehab al Wagih, Head of the Democratic Front’s Youth Organization and Esraa Abdel Fatah, the famous liberal youth activists and co-founder of the April 6 Movement.


Esraa Abdel Fatah, Cynthia Ferhat, Shehab Al Wagih and Wael Nawara discussing “The main objective of the Foundation is the promotion of liberal principles and the discussion of these principles”, said Dr. Ronald Meinardus, FNF’s Regional Director at the launching ceremony. “To reach the new generation, we must use new media and films belong to this category”, he said.

“The People Demand” is the second documentary film developed and sponsored by the Foundation in Egypt. It follows the widely popular “Liberalism: Egyptian Story” produced two years ago which narrates the history of the country from a liberal perspective.

That movie has been used during a large number of educative activities sponsored by the Foundation and distributed widely among her partners in Egypt and beyond. “We intend to do the same thing with the new film and show it also in Germany and other countries to demonstrate that January 25 was foremost also a liberal revolution”, said FNF’s Dr. Meinardus.

English subtitles have been added for the non-Arabic speaking audiences. To widen the outreach FNF has cooperated with influential media partners: Egypt’s leading daily Al Masry El Youm, ON TV and Horyitna.net.

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