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Egypt’s Bastille Day

Posted on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 4:30 pm by

Meanwhile things have been far from quiet in Egypt, if you’ve been paying attention. Last night, protesters stormed Mahabis Namn El Dawla, the headquarters of Egyptian’s secret police. @carwinb and @exiledsurfer have all the goods here: 2011-03-05 BASTILLEDAY in #Egypt, … Continue reading →

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#egypt ian deaf want freedom

Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 6:00 am by

photo by Maggie Osama@flickr I love it! Like 0

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this n that

Posted on Friday, February 25, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

You know, in the U.S. the revolution would be fucking overlooked: Poll: Barely Half Of Americans Know Health Care Law Hasn’t Been Repealed. The crazy on unions just keeps piling up: GOP-union debate escalates in Indiana Oklahoma panel votes to … Continue reading →

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#egypt celebrating

Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

Is Mubarak Still President? Congratulations, Egypt: 11/02/2011 @MonaEltahawy on CNN (I’m hoping a transcript becomes available, but she’s basically saying “I’m ECSTATIC!!” 🙂 ) [Audio: English] And in memoriam: Egypt Remembers. Like 0

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U.S. responds to #Egypt’s #jan24 revolution

Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 at 2:00 pm by

Perhaps too little, too late and perhaps somewhat after-the-fact self serving, but he says the right things here. Now the question is, what will we do now that we have done talking? We need to support the protesters, the transitional … Continue reading →

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viva free #egypt!

Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011 at 8:51 am by

Wow… 18 days of peaceful (on the part of the protesters) demonstrations, and Egypt has dislodged its 30 years long dictator. It’s absolutely amazing to watch… I can’t do any of it justice. You owe it to yourselves to witness … Continue reading →

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this n that

Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 10:00 am by

State of the Web (Oatmeal) From JMG: Iowa Rep. Dwayne Alons: Normal People Live Longer Because They’re Not Gay. The supply of stupid, OTOH, is infinite. What the right won’t admit about Reagan. What I love about this is that … Continue reading →

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the mote in the rightwingnut’s eye…

Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 6:00 am by

There’s a lot of handwringing in right (and some left, for that matter) wing circles in the U.S. that Egypt will wind up some kind of Islamic state due to the Muslim Brotherhood — despite the fact that they are … Continue reading →

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Wael Ghonim, the man who broke the Egyptian regime in one interview

Posted on Monday, February 7, 2011 at 2:30 pm by

[Audio: Arabic; Captions: none; Transcript: see below] I was on twitter when he was interviewed, so the tweets provided live coverage and translation for me. The interview is absolutely heartbreaking, and is translated/transcribed here: Wael @Ghonim (thanks to @exiledsurfer who … Continue reading →

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if you read only one article on #egypt today…

Posted on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 5:00 pm by

Look at this one: Mubarak’s phantom presidency. It goes a long, LONG way toward illuminating the at times bizarrely contradictory actions of the military, just for starters. Also, in listing the different groups of “police” who are very distinct, with … Continue reading →

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egypt: day of departure

Posted on Friday, February 4, 2011 at 1:00 pm by

Actually, my brain is completely fried after the various long posts I’ve made this week (and I’m in the middle of writing a Wikileaks one), but I wanted to mark the Day of Departure protest in Egypt today. So I … Continue reading →

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wikileaks, the internet, egypt: at the edges and intersections

Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 1:00 pm by

I first want to touch on the importance of communication. Believe me, as a deaf person I am acutely aware of the central place communication has in all of humanity. We are driven to communicate, we must communicate, and we … Continue reading →

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egypt: poetry in revolution

Posted on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

In following various tweets and retweets on twitter, I stumbled across this post (below), which I wish I had found when I put up my post yesterday about the girl who led chants in Cairo several days ago. I know … Continue reading →

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egypt: no chaos until now

Posted on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 9:00 am by

[Audio: unknown; Captions: none; Subtitles: limited description] According to the YouTube upload, Female anti-government protester telling Al Jazeera that they cannot leave the square even if she wanted to – she is crying on air and sounds very scared and … Continue reading →

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“Bravest Girl In Egypt”

Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

And tonight’s video clip, in honor of the women in Egypt. The video was posted on Jan. 30 to YouTube, but I’m not sure exactly when it was originally recorded. (I’m unsure if there’s actually any audio with it, but … Continue reading →

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