Shayfeen.com

Shayfeencom anti-corruption movement
Following the Egyptian parliamentary election, 2005, Shayfeencom was created to monitor the Fraud and infringements that occurred in the elections by the ruling party in Egypt.
Date	June 1, 2005 (2005-06-01) – ongoing (19 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Egypt 30°3′29″N 31°13′44″E
Caused by	Government corruption Police corruption Judicial corruption Corporate corruption Kleptocracy Electoral fraud Discretionary powers of politician
Goals	End of all forms of corruption in all public and private institutions through public monitoring. Make the citizens the key fighters against corruption Electoral and Judicial reform;(Not Completed Yet)
Methods	Social media Awareness campaigns Advocacy evaluation Non violent protest Demonstrations sit-ins occupations Online activism
Status	Ongoing

Shayfeen.com (dubbed "Egypt: Were Watching You") is an initiative of three Egyptian women (a prominent TV newcaster, a university professor and a marketing consultant) "to help bring political reform and democracy to their country".

History

Their work began in 2005, after President Hosni Mubarak announced that for the first time in 24 years the upcoming elections would allow for multiparty participation, sparking demonstrations by Egyptians who denounced this move as a sham. When the government responded with a violent crackdown, Boysana, Ghada and Engi decided they could not stand by silently in the face of this brutal suppression: they formed Shayfeen.com.

For the 2005 elections, they armed their supporters with video cameras and sent them to polling stations around the country to monitor the elections and document the political process. What they witnessed was electoral fraud and voter intimidation. When Muslim Brotherhood candidates made a good showing in the first round of voting, security forces barred voters from entering the polls for the second round. By the third round, voters’ frustrations spilled into the streets and there were violent clashes between protesters and police.

Although discouraged by a low election turnout of 30 percent, the Shayfeen leaders were heartened by the willingness of two judges to investigate election fraud by eighteen of their colleagues. The judges did find evidence of fraud, which made people realize the power and influence that judges could have. Shayfeen began rallying support for an independent judiciary and, in spite of the prohibition against assemblies of more than five people, crowds gathered outside the Judges Club to show their support. Many in the crowd were arrested and beaten, including Mahmoud Hamza, himself a judge. The three leaders of Shayfeen decided to produce a short film about the plight of the judiciary and to use all the current technology at their disposal—radio, plasma screens and the Internet—to encourage the public to support the May 25, 2006 Judges March for an Independent Judiciary.

The march and demonstration resulted in the arrest and jailing of thousands of ordinary Egyptians, people who remained in prison even months later. In spite of a lack of money and the failure to achieve their early objectives, Shayfeen continued its work. Engi spoke to a group of world leaders (including former president George W. Bush) at the UN, describing the lack of political freedom in Egypt. And in spring of 2007, Shayfeen mounted a campaign against the government’s proposed 34 constitutional amendments that would write parts of the Emergency Law into the Constitution.

Documentary Film

In 2007, documentary film director Jehane Noujaim (with Sherief El Katsha) the film Shayfeen.com which was broadcast as part of the WhyDemocracy project.