National Association for Change

National Association for Change

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{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Update|date=April 2010}}
{{Update|date=April 2010}}

{{Infobox organization
{{Infobox organization
| name = National Association for Change
Al-Gamaʿiyya al-Waṭaniyya lit-Taghyīr
الجمعية الوطنية للتغيير
| name = National Association for Change
Al-Gamaʿiyya al-Waṭaniyya lit-Taghyīr
الجمعية الوطنية للتغيير
| area_served = {{EGY}}
| region_served = {{EGY}}
| logo = [[File:National Association for Change logo.jpg|250 px]]
| logo = [[File:National Association for Change logo.jpg|250 px]]
| vector_logo =
| vector_logo =
| type = [[Pressure group]]
[[Political group]]
| type = [[Pressure group]]
[[Political group]]
| native_name = Al-Jamaʿiyya al-Waṭaniyya lit-Taghyīr
الجمعية الوطنية للتغيير
| native_name = Al-Jamaʿiyya al-Waṭaniyya lit-Taghyīr
الجمعية الوطنية للتغيير
| method =
| method =
| revenue =
| revenue =
| num_volunteers =
| num_volunteers =
| owner =
| owner =
| founder = [[Mohamed ElBaradei]]
| founder = [[Mohamed ElBaradei]]
| key_people =
| key_people =
| founded_date = February 2010
| founded = February 2010
| focus = [[Democracy]],
[[Social justice]],
[[Election|Free and fair elections]]
| focus = [[Democracy]],
[[Social justice]],
[[Election|Free and fair elections]]
| homepage = [https://www.taghyeer.net The Official website of National Association for Change]
| website = [https://www.taghyeer.net The Official website of National Association for Change]
| tax_exempt =
| tax_exempt =
| dissolved =
| dissolved =
| footnotes =
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}}
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===== In Kuwait =====
===== In Kuwait =====
According to [[George Ishak]], The online group had planned to hold its first meeting in public to launch the [[Kuwait]]i branch of the Egyptian ''National Association for Change''.{{cite web|url=http://www.addustour.com/ViewTopic.aspx?ac=%5CArabicAndInter%5C2010%5C04%5CArabicAndInter_issue913_day11_id227618.htm |title=Kuwait: Deportation of 17 Egyptian supporters of the Mohamed ElBaradei |publisher=Addustour.com |date=April 14, 2010 |access-date=October 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412083400/http://www.addustour.com/ViewTopic.aspx?ac=%5CArabicAndInter%5C2010%5C04%5CArabicAndInter_issue913_day11_id227618.htm |archive-date=April 12, 2010 }}{{Quotation|
According to [[George Ishak]], The online group had planned to hold its first meeting in public to launch the [[Kuwait]]i branch of the Egyptian ''National Association for Change''.{{cite web|url=http://www.addustour.com/ViewTopic.aspx?ac=%5CArabicAndInter%5C2010%5C04%5CArabicAndInter_issue913_day11_id227618.htm |title=Kuwait: Deportation of 17 Egyptian supporters of the Mohamed ElBaradei |publisher=Addustour.com |date=April 14, 2010 |access-date=October 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412083400/http://www.addustour.com/ViewTopic.aspx?ac=%5CArabicAndInter%5C2010%5C04%5CArabicAndInter_issue913_day11_id227618.htm |archive-date=April 12, 2010 }}{{Quotation
'''"There are no Egyptian elections at the moment ... and it is unacceptable for nationals to take the internal politics of their countries to the host country".[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041003411.html Kuwait deports 17 pro-ElBaradei Egyptians]'''|[[Rawodan Al Rawodan]]|[[State Minister for Cabinet Affairs of Kuwait|Kuwait's Minister of Cabinet Affairs]]
|'''"There are no Egyptian elections at the moment ... and it is unacceptable for nationals to take the internal politics of their countries to the host country".[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041003411.html Kuwait deports 17 pro-ElBaradei Egyptians]'''|[[Rawodan Al Rawodan]]|[[State Minister for Cabinet Affairs of Kuwait|Kuwait's Minister of Cabinet Affairs]]
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Kuwaiti authorities deported 17 Egyptian nationals supporting potential Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei in Kuwait City. They were among 33 Egyptians in Kuwait City who belonged to a pro-ElBaradei group on the social networking site Facebook and who were detained by Kuwaiti authorities.
Kuwaiti authorities deported 17 Egyptian nationals supporting potential Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei in Kuwait City. They were among 33 Egyptians in Kuwait City who belonged to a pro-ElBaradei group on the social networking site Facebook and who were detained by Kuwaiti authorities.


{{Quotation|
{{Quotation
'''"These Egyptians are here to work not to form groups".'''|[[Rawodan Al Rawodan]]|[[State Minister for Cabinet Affairs of Kuwait|Kuwait's Minister of Cabinet Affairs]]
|'''"These Egyptians are here to work not to form groups".'''|[[Rawodan Al Rawodan]]|[[State Minister for Cabinet Affairs of Kuwait|Kuwait's Minister of Cabinet Affairs]]
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Kuwaiti officials said Egypt's internal politics should be kept in Egypt and not exercised abroad.
Kuwaiti officials said Egypt's internal politics should be kept in Egypt and not exercised abroad.


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'''"Kuwait does not interfere into Egypt's internal affairs".'''|[[Rawodan Al Rawodan]]|[[State Minister for Cabinet Affairs of Kuwait|Kuwait's Minister of Cabinet Affairs]]
|'''"Kuwait does not interfere into Egypt's internal affairs".'''|[[Rawodan Al Rawodan]]|[[State Minister for Cabinet Affairs of Kuwait|Kuwait's Minister of Cabinet Affairs]]
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[[Gameela Ismail]], an Egyptian journalist, said the demonstration comes to protest the practices of the Kuwaiti security forces and their arrest of the Egyptians because of their ad campaign to launch the [[Kuwait]]i branch of the Egyptian ''National Association for Change''.
[[Gameela Ismail]], an Egyptian journalist, said the demonstration comes to protest the practices of the Kuwaiti security forces and their arrest of the Egyptians because of their ad campaign to launch the [[Kuwait]]i branch of the Egyptian ''National Association for Change''.


{{Quotation|
{{Quotation
'''"المظاهرة أيضاً هي نوع من الاحتجاج على ممارسات أجهزة الامن العربية ضد المطالبين بالحرية والديمقراطية"'''
|'''"المظاهرة أيضاً هي نوع من الاحتجاج على ممارسات أجهزة الامن العربية ضد المطالبين بالحرية والديمقراطية"'''
'''"Demonstration also is a form of protest against the practices of the security forces against the Arab claimants freedom and democracy"{{cite web |url=http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=212927&SecID=65&IssueID=0 |title=Security prevents "The female activists for change" to meet with the Ambassador of Kuwait |publisher=Youm7.com |access-date=October 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301012304/http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=212927&SecID=65&IssueID=0 |archive-date=March 1, 2012 |url-status=dead }}'''|[[Gameela Ismail]]
'''"Demonstration also is a form of protest against the practices of the security forces against the Arab claimants freedom and democracy"{{cite web |url=http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=212927&SecID=65&IssueID=0 |title=Security prevents "The female activists for change" to meet with the Ambassador of Kuwait |publisher=Youm7.com |access-date=October 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301012304/http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=212927&SecID=65&IssueID=0 |archive-date=March 1, 2012 |url-status=dead }}'''|[[Gameela Ismail]]
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The EAC's main headquarters is in Washington, D.C., with chapters in NY/NJ, Massachusetts, North Carolina, California and Michigan.
The EAC's main headquarters is in Washington, D.C., with chapters in NY/NJ, Massachusetts, North Carolina, California and Michigan.


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{{Quotation
'''"I think that this is an acknowledgement that Egyptians abroad are a huge number of people"'''.{{cite web |url=http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100426/FOREIGN/704259926/1135 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307152944/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100426%2FFOREIGN%2F704259926%2F1135 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=ElBaradei takes his case to America |publisher=Thenational.ae |access-date=October 19, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}|Issandr al Amrani|an independent political analyst based in Cairo
|'''"I think that this is an acknowledgement that Egyptians abroad are a huge number of people"'''.{{cite web |url=http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100426/FOREIGN/704259926/1135 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307152944/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100426%2FFOREIGN%2F704259926%2F1135 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=ElBaradei takes his case to America |publisher=Thenational.ae |access-date=October 19, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}|Issandr al Amrani|an independent political analyst based in Cairo
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Egyptian expatriates may have a ''natural'' affinity for Mr ElBaradei, whose global cachet resonates with expatriates who hope to see a comprehensive rethinking of Egypt's political system.
Egyptian expatriates may have a ''natural'' affinity for Mr ElBaradei, whose global cachet resonates with expatriates who hope to see a comprehensive rethinking of Egypt's political system.


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{{Quotation
'''"Part of the idea behind ElBaradei is that he's a guy who has lived outside Egypt for 30 years and there's a feeling that, sure, he may not know Egypt that well, but he knows that in other places they’ve done things better than Egypt"'''. '''"I think that will appeal to Egyptians living abroad who have seen societies where things work better than Egypt."'''|Issandr al Amrani|an independent political analyst based in Cairo
|'''"Part of the idea behind ElBaradei is that he's a guy who has lived outside Egypt for 30 years and there's a feeling that, sure, he may not know Egypt that well, but he knows that in other places they’ve done things better than Egypt"'''. '''"I think that will appeal to Egyptians living abroad who have seen societies where things work better than Egypt."'''|Issandr al Amrani|an independent political analyst based in Cairo
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