While many in Egypt are mourning the "death of the revolution" and the ensuing "military coup," it is time to highlight, or re-highlight some points: 1- To talk about a military coup in June 2012 is to assume that Egypt was run by a civilian government since the toppling of Mubarak, which is completely farcical.

The coup, more or less, has been in effect since 11 February 2011, when revolutionaries managed to overthrow Mubarak, and he was replaced by his handpicked army generals. Read the full article by Hossam El-Hamlawy here.

[Source:Jadaliyya]