CAIRO — Egypt’s Ministry of Education announced June 17 that the revolutions of Jan. 25, 2011, and June 30, 2013, will not be mentioned in high school history textbooks for the academic year 2017-18. This has stirred a widespread controversy among parliamentarians and educational experts, and between opponents and supporters of the revolutions.
The ministry had included in the history curriculum the events of the January 25 Revolution in 2012 and the uprisings of June 30 in 2014.