Media Type:
Performance
Title
The cult of Sisi
Subject
banners and posters
Description
These are some of the examples of posters and banners seen around the streets of Cairo in the weeks and months following the removal of the Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi on 3 July 2013.
A cult of Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi emerged during this period, particularly in the wake of his call for Egyptians to give him 'a mandate' to fight 'terrorism' (referring to the Muslim Brotherhood) on 23 July 2013.
Creator
unknown
Publisher
Nicola Pratt
Date Published
15/12/2013
Rights
Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND
Related Resources
Language
Arabic
Date Created
24/07/2013
Tags
Citation
unknown, “The cult of Sisi,” Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, accessed April 19, 2024, https://egyptrevolution2011.ac.uk/items/show/256.
Media
Translation
The image above shows Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi in his army uniform alongside former presidents Gamal Abdel-Nasser and Anwar El-Sadat. Nasser is probably the most popular Egyptian president, associated in popular memory with a 'golden age' when Egypt was the leader of the Arab World. Sadat is known as the 'hero of the crossing', referring to the Egyptian army's successful crossing of the Suez Canal and destruction of Israeli defences in the 1973 war.
Underneath is written, 'Egypt is protected by your sons'.
Underneath is written, 'Egypt is protected by your sons'.
The image below is a photograph of Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi in his army uniform. Above is written "Come on Sisi" and below is written "Put the [Muslim] Brotherhood in their place".