Egyptian Revolution

الثورة الشعبية المصرية

BLOG & MORE by Sawt al-Niswa

The Niswa (women) are feminist writers, artists and activists working towards changing  their realities by taking the initiative to build a space representing and reflecting on the social, political and intellectual experiences of women living in the Arab region.

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تعمل على “صوت النسوة” مجموعة من الكاتبات والفنانات والناشطات النسويات اللواتي يرغبن في المساهمة في عملية تحويل افكارهن النسوية الى واقع. النسوة وراء الموقع مبادرات في خلق مساحة تعبر وتعكس التجارب الفكرية والاجتماعية التي تختبرها نساء العالم العربي

Bon Jovi – No Apologies

Bon Jovi dedicating song to Egyptian Revolutionaries – No Apologies –

Egyptian Revolution 25/1/ 2011

يناير الثورة المصرية في يوم الغضب

Egypt’s Last Pharaoh? The Rise and Fall of Hosni Mubarak

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Egyptian Chronicles

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A Facebook for the Egyptian revolution:

كلنا خالد سعيد

We are all Khaled Said

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On Jan. 26, the day after protests erupted that eventually forced Mr. Mubarak from office, Egypt’s government-run newspaper Al Ahram, one of the Arab world’s oldest newspapers,  had a banner headline about a protest — in Lebanon.  The headline reads: “Wide Protests and Disturbances in Lebanon.” !!!

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HyperCities Egypt: Voices from Cairo through Social Media

HyperCities’ project for mapping tweets sent by protesters in Cairo during the Egyptian revolution. “HyperCities Egypt: Voices from Cairo through Social Media,” tracks tweets since January 30, and continues to collect tweets sent from within Cairo that mention hashtags relevant to the protests, such as #jan25 or #egypt.

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Egyptian Revolution: a view from the inside

Cairo resident, Safa H. Ashoub provides an illuminating account of the days leading up to the ousting of President Mubarak.

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Novelist and best-selling writer Alaa Aswany has a great deal to say about one of the most pressing questions on everybody’s mind and is not afraid to speak out and to use his international fame to back calls for political change: Who will be the next president of Egypt, and how will he be elected? In a new collection of his weekly newspaper columns previously published in Arabic, “On the State of Egypt,” he explores Western fears of Islam and Arabs and broach subjects like the hijab full-face covering, false religiosity and preachers who hypocritically buttress tyrannical regimes. He discusses the moral ambiguity of appointed politicians, the suitability of democratic reforms in a Muslim society, and the inherent contradiction in the actions of the religiously observant policeman who tortures or the man who harasses women. He was out with protestors from the first day of the revolution and witnessed first-hand the state’s brutal response. On Jan. 28, he saw two young men killed by snipers near Tahrir Square. After Egypt’s 18-day revolution, Mr. Aswany’s weekly columns have become regular features in the top-selling daily al-Masri al-Youm. And, in a March 2 guest appearance on a late night talk show on the ONTV private satellite television channel, he faced Ahmed Shafik, the prime minister appointed by Mr. Mubarak on Jan. 29, and told him to resign. “When you were a minister in Hosni Mubarak’s cabinet, haven’t you heard that state security practiced torture?” Mr. Aswany asked him pointedly. “The prime minister should be concerned with trying the people who killed the martyrs, more than presenting candy and chocolates” — a reference to a moment when Mr. Shafik, trying to show good will, had offered to pass out candy to protesters outside Parliament.

When Mr. Aswany woke up the next morning, Mr. Shafik had submitted his resignation.

Mr. Aswany has always been dismissive of the idea that democracy would usher Islamists into power.

The strongest party in Egypt “is the party of Facebook,” he told another literary and political salon on Jan. 27.

“That is a real party, which has allowed a group of youth to get 400,000 people on the streets. No other party, including the Muslim Brotherhood, has succeeded in doing that.”

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اللجان الشعبية للدفاع عن الثورة المصرية

شهداء ثورة مصر 2011