But by April 2011, he remembers thinking that the different revolutionary factions were struggling to work together.
“We were successful in creating a political vacuum,” Yaacoub said. “The only people that were around to offer . a viable option or an alternative were the Muslim Brotherhood and their affiliates. They were prepared and ready.”
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi was elected president. That was something the Egyptian military would not let stand. Yaacoub said by June 2013, he realized the military was going to win the power struggle.
“I remember writing on Twitter multiple times then, like, ‘Folks, this is no longer our fight. This is completely out of our hands. Other people are going to take over now, unfortunately,’” he said.
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