# Gandhi In Egypt March 01, 2011 Author: Diana Eck Source: The Harvard Crimson In November, I invited the eighty year old political theorist, Gene Sharp, to my seminar, “Gandhi: Then and Now.” We had reached the “now” part of our study, looking at the ways in which Gandhi’s strategic non-violent resistance had moved beyond India. Sharp spoke about why some movements, like Polish Solidarity, succeeded in achieving political change and why others, like the 2007 Burmese monks’ movement, faltered. See also:- [ Religious Freedom ](/news-stories/religious-freedom) - [ Pluralism Project ](/news-stories/pluralism-project) - [ Diana Eck ](/news-stories/diana-eck) - [ Hinduism ](/religions/hinduism) - [ International ](/tags/international) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)