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The excitement in Cairo—including the biggest crowd yet today in Tahrir Square—has made it difficult to follow the development of protests elsewhere in the Arab world. We noted that there were actions in Jordan last week, but we haven’t heard from there since. However, today, the Associated Press reports that Jordan’s King Abdullah II has
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According to a report from Al Jazeera, some 250,000 gathered at Tahrir Square today – by far the largest estimate of protesters since they came out seven days ago. A coalition of opposition groups has also called for a million people on the streets tomorrow, which would signify another dramatic escalation in the size of
At 7pm EST tonight, Bryan Farrell and I will be discussing the latest from on the ground from Egypt with Jaisal Noor on his new radio show Bang on the System. Also on the program to talk about how Israel fits into this picture will be our friend and fellow blogger Alex Kane. To catch
Over at UN Dispatch, Mark Leon Goldberg has an interesting post on how world food prices, which reached an all-time high in December and could be at a similar level for January, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), are a contributing factor in the protests in Tunisia, Egypt and beyond. As Goldberg explains:
Journalist and photographer Matthew Cassel took this powerful picture of a 4-year old girl leading chants at the protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo today. And this message from eight-year old girl in Saudi Arabia to Egyptian President Mubarak reveals a...
All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. – Henry David Thoreau (Walden and Civil Disobedience) Like so many people around the world, it has been difficult to pull myself away from the
"In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children."— HerodotusDr. Izzeldin Abuelaish carries burdens no parent should have to shoulder, unimaginable to most of us. Father of eight--si...
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Someone recently asked me to jot down some communications, media and messaging tips for folks engaged in grassroots social justice organizing efforts and campaigns. So, that’s what I’m doing in this series. I’ll be breaking down some specific...
As always, Fox News is the place to turn if you’re looking for insightful coverage of the most important stories of the day – including the ongoing protests in Egypt. Too bad they can’t locate the country on the map. I think I’ll be sticking with Al Jazeera. (h/t Brent Martin) UPDATE: Omar Chatriwala at
Waseem Wagdi, an Egyptian protester at the Egyptian embassy in London:
Early Friday morning, the Egyptian government cut the internet and cell service to the entire country. Above is an amazing graph of how suddenly traffic ground to a halt. As the AP reports: Renesys’ network sensors showed that Egypt’s four primary Internet providers – Link Egypt, Vodafone/Raya, Telecom Egypt, Etisalat Misr – and all went
If you’re interested in getting a better geographical understanding of where the protests are happening in Cairo and around Egypt, iRevolution’s Patrick Meier has compiled a series of interesting maps that can be viewed in more detail here.
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For the sixth day in a row, protesters are out in force across Egypt. Democracy Now!’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous just tweeted that: “Today has the most people I have seen yet in Tahrir Sq. Packed.” F-16 fighter jets recently buzzed over Tahrir Square. While commentators on Al Jazeera are saying that the use of jets
Joe Biden should practice some reflective listening right now, as he represents the Obama administration's evolving views on what is going on in Egypt. Instead, he is either going rogue or floating trial balloons to see how we respond. He says, for ins...
