Month: January 2011

Tweeting the Egyptian Revolution (4)

A selection of tweets related to the Egyptian Revolution, I have excluded most retweets as well as tweets in Arabic or tweets that simply link to articles and news reports. Most tweets reflect personal thoughts of information obtained from monitoring reports from the ground sent by in-country activists and journalists.

  1. What’s Behind Demonstrations in #Egypt? http://goo.gl/tqa12 – Desire 4 Freedom 4 Dignity 4 Better Future than they’re preparing 4 us #jan25 2011-01-28T00:00:54Z
  2. They want power. We want freedom. They have guns. We have cellphones. They’re ready 2 kill. We’re willing 2 die 4 better tomorrow #jan25 2011-01-28T00:05:21Z
  3. #Egyptian unrest may set off vicious economic cycle http://goo.gl/5vxlu – Little price 2 pay 4 ppl willing 2 shed own blood 4 freedom #jan25 2011-01-28T00:20:05Z
  4. Egyptian authorities seem to be encouraging thugs 2 burn cars loot shops in order 2 smear protesters decrease potential turnout tmrrw #jan25 2011-01-28T00:25:54Z
  5. Reports of videos, pictures, status updates getting deleted from Facebook pages supporting protesters, FB new battle front now #jan25 2011-01-28T00:29:33Z Continue reading “Tweeting the Egyptian Revolution (4)” →

Protests in Egypt continue despite government shut down of Internet

Quoted in Deutsche-Welle:

The ramifications outside of Egypt are troubling as activists and journalists struggled to understand the situation there, as Ammar Abdulhamid, a Syrian dissident and human rights activist in the United States, told Deutsche Welle.

“The Internet, and the Tunisian precedent made the world take notice of events in Egypt from day one, whereas it took months for them to notice the importance of developments in Tunisia, but even there, the Internet played a crucial factor,” he said. Continue reading “Protests in Egypt continue despite government shut down of Internet” →

Tweeting the Egyptian Revolution (3)

A selection of tweets related to the Egyptian Revolution, I have excluded most retweets as well as tweets in Arabic or tweets that simply link to articles and news reports. Most tweets reflect personal thoughts of information obtained from monitoring reports from the ground sent by in-country activists and journalists.

  1. Egypt’s Protests Turn Ugly as the Regime Changes Tactics http://goo.gl/uOupa By trying 2 corner protesters they cornered themselves #jan25 2011-01-27T00:03:48Z
  2. Protests still taking place in #Cairo, reports now protesters succeed in breaking through gate of Foreign Ministry #jan25 2011-01-27T00:16:20Z
  3. #Suez: reports indicate that funeral processions of martyrs will take place tomorrow after noon prayers. Expect heavy police presence #jan25 2011-01-27T00:18:34Z
  4. #Egypt: Rage against the Mubaraks | http://goo.gl/LWW35 Rage on against the dying of the light, only thing Mubaraks ever delivered #jan25 2011-01-27T00:26:02Z
  5. Will US support call for reform in Egypt? http://goo.gl/0xtd5 Whether they do or don’t, end of Mubarak looming. It’s change we want #jan25 2011-01-27T00:29:41Z
  6. Mockline: ME Continues 2 Witness Popular Crackdowns Against Ailing Regimes By Hordes of Unarmed Protesters Bent On Freedom, Justice #jan25 2011-01-27T00:56:50Z Continue reading “Tweeting the Egyptian Revolution (3)” →

Tweeting the Egyptian Revolution (2)

A selection of tweets related to the Egyptian Revolution, I have excluded most retweets as well as tweets in Arabic or tweets that simply link to articles and news reports. Most tweets reflect personal thoughts of information obtained from monitoring reports from the ground sent by in-country activists and journalists.

Some of the tweets below (4-6) reflect an early enthusiasm and hope that we might be able to tame not only the regime but the Islamists as well. In retrospect, that was naïve. But the early days were indeed dominated by more secular and pragmatic forces. The Islamist takeover of the Revolution in Egypt (and Tunisia) happened mostly on account of their relative cohesion and superior organization skills, not their larger numbers. Continue reading “Tweeting the Egyptian Revolution (2)” →