ABSTRACT
This chapter retraces the lead-up to the Tamarod uprising on June 30, 2013, and the ouster of President Mursi. It illustrates how the “quiet entente” between the army and the Muslim Brotherhood, the two most powerful organized players in post-Mubarak Egypt, had tarnished the new president’s image from the start. The conflicted interactions between his administration and an alliance of opposition players during a phase of rapid political transition cemented the image of an Islamist president who attempted to monopolize his grip on power. In this context, a new powerful player emerged in the shape of the Tamarod campaign. Its performative disruption of the status quo through mass protest on June 30 brought the government crisis to the fore and paved the way for a military coup.
