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Egyptian Revolution: “The Flood”
Part one of a three part documentary created by Heba Kandil, a former Reuters journalist, and produced by TrustMedia, the media development wing of the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Run Time: 5:22.
Egyptian Revolution Part 2: The Clash. Egyptian Revolution Part 3: The Fall.
HELD TO ACCOUNT In this video image taken from Egyptian State Television, a bedridden Hosni Mubarak is shown inside a mesh cage while in a courtroom in Cairo on Wednesday. The former Egyptian president appeared in court to stand trial on charges of killing protestors and corruption. (Screencap via the New York Times) via inothernews
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — After four years, Egypt on Saturday permanently opened the Gaza Strip’s main gateway to the outside world, bringing long-awaited relief to the territory’s Palestinian population and a significant achievement for the area’s ruling Hamas militant group.
Photo: Suhaib Salem / Reuters via msnbc
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Egypt: After the Revolution via thespecifics
The Death of Fear
From: | Mar 10, 2011 (Rageh Omaar examines how the death of a street vendor led to a wave of uprisings across Arab world.
TEDxCairo: Inside the Egyptian revolution
Wael Ghonim is the Google executive who helped jumpstart Egypt’s democratic revolution … with a Facebook page memorializing a victim of the regime’s violence. Speaking at TEDxCairo, he tells the inside story of the past two months, when everyday Egyptians showed that “the power of the people is stronger than the people in power.” Watch the video here.
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10 myths busted by the Egyptian revolution (and other current Middle Eastern Revolutions taking place).
MYTH 6: ORDINARY PEOPLE CAN’T RUN THE WORLD
The most inspiring lesson of Tahrir Square is that ordinary people can run society. Egyptians self-organized to provide medicine, security, food, childcare, sanitation, literacy, and communication—without bosses, the police, the courts, or parliament — offering a glimpse of what a better world could look like.
Žižek on Egypt: Falling in Cartoon motion via MrAhlich:massenkompatibel
And he complains that people don’t take him seriously any more.
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![[Screencaps via PBS FRONTLINE] Watch FRONTLINE’s “Revolution in Cairo” here.
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[Screencaps via PBS FRONTLINE] Watch FRONTLINE’s “Revolution in Cairo” here.
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Tahir Square, Egypt [x] via salon
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Danger, suppression cloud today’s Iranian protests
- plan Today, Iranians planned to protest in solidarity with Egyptians who successfully won their independence last week.
- wrinkle Unfortunately, police are reportedly ready for them – armed with shotguns, tear gas, batons and fire extinguishers.
- wrinkle Also, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has been prevented from attending – his phone lines were cut, too. source
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Middle East Domino Effect : Who Will Fall Next?
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Protesters set up a desk for lost property and found wallets in Tahrir today. Signs in English around the square read: “Sorry for the inconvenience, but we’re building Egypt.”
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