Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood announced dead on 11/11

The streets of central Cairo were largely deserted on Friday after a weeks-long campaign on social media by Brotherhood supporters, who urged people to gather and protest against the government on November 11.

Anti-government journalists, activists and exiled dissidents affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood have led a social media campaign in recent weeks calling for rallies to coincide with the arrival of US President Joe Biden in Sharm El Sheikh for the Cop27 global climate summit.

Calls for protests have been trending on various social media channels since mid-October. However, on Friday, a hashtag decrying the call also garnered tens of thousands of retweets from commentators.

The call was also criticized by non-Islamist opposition figures, many of whom said they did not think that destabilizing the country at this time would be beneficial.

Egyptian opponents abroad called for protests on November 11, against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in line with holding the UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. Analysts see the quiet, peaceful streets on Friday, November 11 were a slap to the face of the Muslim Brotherhood with failure in its call for protests on that date.