1984 intifada in Egypt (1984 الانتفاضة المصرية)
DateOctober 1, 1984 - October 2, 1984
Location
Egypt
Caused by
  • Food price hikes
Goals
  • End to Food price hikes
  • New governmental programmes to end inflation rates
MethodsDemonstrations
Resulted in
  • Protests suppressed by force
  • Withdrawal of Prices
Deaths and injuries
Death(s)1-3
Injuries13

The 1984 Egyptian intifada (Arabic:1984 الانتفاضة المصرية) was a bloody uprising and civil resistance movement that rocked northern Egypt against food prices and Inflation that skyrocketed under the presidency of Hosni Mubarak. On 1 October, in Kafr-el-Dawwar, Riots rocked the city led by mostly workers against the prices of basic economic goods and prices. It would be the biggest and most bloodiest protests in Egypt since the 1977 Egyptian bread riots and the first and biggest political challenge in Hosni Mubarak’s presidency.[1][2]

Riots was met with a violent response by the military, protesters were cracked down on rioters clashed with the military forces in Alexandria and it's outskirts. Protests continued throughout the day; 8 hours passed, opposition strikes was organised and was suppressed harshly and the movement was quashed. 1 demonstrator was killed during the violent clashes when Live ammunition and Bullets was fired to quell the mass disturbances and wave of discontent.[3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Egypt cuts food prices". Pittsburgh Post. 1984-10-02. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "EGYPTIANS CANCEL FOOD-PRICE RISE AFTER RIOTS IN AN INDUSTRIAL TOWN". MewYorkTimes. October 2, 1984.
  3. ↑ "Egypt's Neoliberal Reforms and the Moral Economy of Bread: Sadat, Mubarak, Morsi*" (PDF). Core.UK. 2001.
  4. ↑ "Sadat's ghost haunts Mubarak's dreams for Egypt – archive, 1984". The Guardian. 6 October 2017.


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