It has been a tumultuous week in this part of the world. More details coming soon, but in the meantime, you can read about Morsi's constitutional declaration here. While his decision to take over most judicial powers does, in fact, have many supporters, others are already throwing around the nickname "pharaoh". Here's the text of the declaration.
Opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood, especially supporters of liberal and leftist revolutionary groups that clashed with security forces last November at this very time on Mohamed Mahmoud Street, had already planned a commemoration of that event. But with Morsi's announcement today, many of the same people have tailored their message into a protest against this move as well. For a blow-by-blow account of what's brewing downtown (in English), I recommend Al Ahram's blog.
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