'Harlem shake' dance protest against Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo
Young Egyptians adopt 'Harlem shake' as way to lodge their protest at governing of the country
A dance craze that began in an Australian teenager's bedroom has landed on the doorstep of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, with dozens of protesters doing the "Harlem shake" outside the Cairo headquarters of the ruling Islamists.
About 70 protesters, mostly men, performed the dance on Thursday after chanting slogans against the Islamists, who propelled President Mohammed Mursi to his election victory last June.
The chaotic pelvis-thrusting dance has been mimicked across the world after a group of Australian teenagers uploaded a video of themselves dancing the "Harlem shake" in early February.
Youths in Egypt and Tunisia have taken up the dance as a form of protest against Islamists, two years after uprisings in both countries toppled veteran dictators, but brought in divisive Islamist-led governments.
"Down with the supreme guide's rule," the protesters chanted after finishing the dance, referring to the Muslim Brotherhood's religious leader Mohammed Badie.
"The message is clear," Farid Sayyed, one of the organisers, said. "We are against the policies of the Brotherhood. Their guidance bureau [or ruling council] dictates government policy, not the presidency. The revolution continues."