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EGYPTIAN UPRISING BACKGROUNDER:
- Mother Jones: "What's Happening in Egypt Explained" (real-time updates)
- BBC: "Why Egypt Matters"
- BBC: Flashpoints Map of uprising
- Globe/Mail "Enough! Why thousands of young Arabs have taken to the streets"
- For the confused: Wikipedia Timeline of 2011 Egyptian Protests
- BBC updates: Live News Feed
- Reuters: Live News Feed [h/t
haha1205] - Ongoing live coverage @ EA WorldView [h/t ennifer_jay]
- Al Jazeera: Youtube / operating privately; live audio. [h/t akuma_river ]
- BreakingNews.com: Live Egyptian Uprising updating filter.
Notable Tools:
- +33172890150 = dial-up in Egypt (login 'toto' password 'toto') [h/t bludstone]
- Tor anti-censorship tool: donate your bandwidth/IPs! [h/t sashwizzled]
- Pirate Pad: Another internet block by-pass tool.
- #jan25 Missing Person's List [h/t akuma_river ]
- To leave or hear "voice tweets" from Egypt:
- Call +16504194196, +390662207294 or +97316199855
MOST RECENT EVENTS: - Canadian Press: "Cairo's anti-Mubarak activists bruised, battered, sleep-deprived and hungry"
- Canadian Press: "France suspends sale of arms and tear gas to Egypt at early stage of uprising"
- LA Times: "EGYPT -- Opposition leader demands more than resignations"
- HuffPo: "Egypt's President Contradicts Himself on Press Freedom"
- #Jan25 | #Feb1 | #Feb2 | #Cairo | #Egypt | #egipto
- #Mubarek / #Mubarak | #TarirSquare | #DayOfRage
akuma_river ] NOTEWORTHY TWITTERS:
- General: @EgyptUpdates (Breaking news from Egypt) | @SultanAlQassemi (The National) | @sharifkouddous (Sharif Kouddous for DM!) | @AlMasryAlYoum_E (Egypt's Independent Daily) | @sharifkouddous (Sharif Kouddous in Cairo for DM!) | @ioerror (Jacob Annelbaum, WikiLeaks)
- Al-Jazeera: @nolanjazeera (Dan Nolan) | @evanchill (Evan Hill) | @SherineT (Sherine Tadros) | @glcarlstrom (Gregg Carlstrom) | @RawyaRageh (Rawya Rageh) | @AymanM (Ayman Mohyeldin) | @AlJEnglish (Al Jazeera English) | @AJELive (Al Jazeera English live tweets)
- ABC News: @camanpour (Christiane Amanpour) | @LaraABCNews (Lara Setrakian) | @KiritRadia_ABC (Kirit Radia) | @LamaHasan (Lama Hasan) | @MarquardtA (Alexander Marquardt)
- CNN: @jrug (Jonathan Rugman) | @NicRobertsonCNN (Nic Robertson) | @FareedGPSCNN (Fareed Zakaria) | @andersoncooper (Anderson Cooper)
- "Protests in Egypt" | FrameWork | LA Times
- "Protest spreads in the Middle East" | The Big Picture | Boston Globe
- "Rioting and chaos engulfs Egypt's capital" | The Frame | SacBee.com
- "The Women of Egypt" | compiled by Leil-Zahra Mortada | Facebook
- "Clashes in Cairo" | Photo Journal | Wall Street Journal
- "Egypt’s Longest Day" | Photo Journal | Wall Street Journal
- "A harrowing, historic week in Egypt " | The Big Picture | Boston Globe
- "Standoff Deepens in Cairo" | Photo Journal | Wall Street Journal
- "Pitched Battles in Egypt" | Photo Journal | Wall Street Journal
Will update this entry as notable link suggestions/updates come in.
NOTE: Separate submissions related to Egypt will likely be rejected. Please link articles in THIS post for discussion/entry spotlights.
by waelabbas
@waelabbas I wonder how many people worldwide would tweet "I want Mubarak Down" Goal = 5 million #Jan25 #5mMarchDownWithMubarak RT
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akuma_river
2011-02-05 03:35 pm (local) (link) SultanAlQassemi Sultan Al Qassemi
Al Arabiya: Speaking to Minister of Information who also denies that Mubarak has resigned from the NDP (only his son & most of his friends)
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akuma_river
2011-02-05 03:39 pm (local) (link)
Comment Posted Successfullylatimes Los Angeles Times
Editorial cartoons: Arab cartoonists weigh in from Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt http://lat.ms/fuUugl RT @latimesopinion
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Looks like Wisner went way off the reservation. http://ow.ly/3QYpT
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Weirdest story of the day: U.S. ship jamming the Internet in Lebanon http://j.mp/e9QMx4 (via @kaepora)
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BBC Arabic: News that Baltagiya (mercenaries, believed to be NDP funded) are searching for journalists at Cairo hotels #Jan25
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RT @talkmorocco: Google’s Verdict on Tunisia and Egypt • by @L_badikho for Talk Morocco - http://goo.gl/h8cik
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That guy with the sign RULES
by Sandmonkey
RT@rassdwehda Mostafa Alnagar: @Ghonim is alive & detained. Will be released within hours @monaeltahawy @Zeinobia @waelabbas @Sandmonkey
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@Ghonim is the missing Google exec blogger who disappeared last Thursday.
RT @pressfreedom #Egypt CPJ investigating numerous reports of attacks on press; so far documented at least 101: http://bit.ly/eZ5gQe
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BBC Arabic: There is an increase in attacks on journalists who are covering news of the Egyptian protests #Jan25
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by RickTVnet
Our Cairo bureau chief Leila Fadel and photographer Linda Davidson talk about being detained in #Egypt http://wapo.st/hgHoLT
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Is this http://aje.me/fio27R footage of Wael Ghonim being dragged off by Egyptian police during last week's protests? Check it out #Egypt
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Hosni Mobarak
RT @ComedyTweeter:Mubarak says if he resigns, there will be chaos. Why does this man not have a window? Is he literally living in a pyramid?
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Adam Makary
state media says traffic police to reappear on cairo streets in full force except near tahrir area protests
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Translation incredible interview Egyptian ambassador by french journalist http://vimeo.com/19605687 #Egypt #jan25
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AliveInEgypt Speak To Tweet
by habibh
#Egypt translation: Egyptians, I want to bring you my solidarity from Italy http://bit.ly/hmhKjp @speak2tweet
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Al Jazeera: Obama stresses again on need for immediate, peaceful & organised transfer of power in Egypt #Jan25
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no christians, secularists, or women in #tahrir square only muslim brotherhood. lots of angry men with beards. this will be future of #egypt
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Ice Queer
@baltagiya I'm a secular homosexual atheist who was in #Tahrir square protesting against #Mubarak! #jan25
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http://goo.gl/zSvk4 #Jan25 Blacklist on google docs. No sign in required to edit. Spread it. #Egypt
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Why is Elmo on the list? Unless it's a different Elmo.
by waelabbas
@ @waelabbas Egyptian ambassador says french journalists were arrested for their own safety http://vimeo.com/19605687
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Mafotoh Mahmoud Aboulfotoh
by waelabbas
@ @waelabbas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzTxujQD
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by RickTVnet
5 fake accts of Hosni Mubarak on Twitter: @TheReal_Mubarak @GMubarak @HosniMobarak @NotHosniMubarak @presidenthosni #Liberationtech
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VP Biden in call w/VP Soliman calls for govt to offer "clear timeline, and immediate steps" demonstrating committment to political reform.
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weddady weddady
RT @daliaziada: Dalia Ziada - Mubarak's canny strategy that kept him in power for the time being http://t.co/6cs8jNX #Mubarak #Jan25
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Apologies to Mr. @andersoncooper. Typically we love stupid tourists in #Egypt. Thank you, come again!
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