Now news of violence in Egypt. Who to follow for news, Anthropologists’ explaining the situation all in the Roundup…
I see Twitter messages announcing a demonstration in front of the Egyptian consulate in Istanbul at 23.00…
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Protests in Cairo turn violent
White House condemns Egypt violence
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs has issued the following statements on the bloodshed in Tahrir Square, condemning the violence but stopping short of holding the Egyptian government responsible for it:
Turkey: Erdogan Weighs in on Egypt, Ankara Confronts Democratization Dilemma | EurasiaNet.org
Who to follow on Egypt
If, like me, you are obsessively following the unfolding drama in Egypt, there’s no better medium than Twitter, where you can get 140-character dispatches from foreign journalists and Egyptians on the ground (at least, those that still somehow have Internet access), as well as curators and analysts watching the action from afar. Here are some, but by no means all, of my proven providers (it’s also light on Egyptians right now since few seem to have Internet access at the moment):
Islamists at the Gates
Turkey’s Riddle of the Sphinx
The political crisis in Egypt is proving to be an interesting test for Turkey’s desire to play a more influential role in the Middle East and — like Ankara’s still-born attempt to defuse the recent crisis in Lebanon — is perhaps also showing the current limits and constraints of the country’s influence in the region.
Explaining the Egyptian Revolution with Indiana Jones
Yes we know. Bringing a message through images can be very effective.
@furrygirl made this statement with that thought in mind.
Morning Brief: Egypt protests swell as army rejects use of force
from FP Passport by David Kenner
Internet Restored in Egypt, Army Tells Protesters to Go Home
from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder
“A wonderful development” – Anthropologists on the Egypt Uprising
More than one million Egyptians protesting for democracy. Photo: Al Jazeera, flickr
(in progress) ?The government would come down hard on even the smallest protest, and everyone would be arrested. Now, it?s as if the people are saying, ??We?re not going to be afraid anymore.???I am very, very happy for the Egyptian people. I really am. It?s a wonderful development for the Egyptian people.?
The Domino Effect of Arab Unrest
As pro-Mubarak demonstrators roam Cairo, Egypt’s Internet roars back to life
from FP Passport by Blake Hounshell
Egypt’s last ISP goes down
from FP Passport by Joshua Keating
Erdogan Turkish PM backs Egypt protesters Al Jazeera English
2011-01-31 Cable: Egyptian April 6 activist’s democracy goals “highly unrealistic”
US state cable 08CAIRO2572 from December, 2008 details the experiences of an April 6 activist who attended the December 3-5 “Alliance of Youth Movements Summit, and met with US government officials, on Capitol Hill, and with think tanks. “He alleged that several opposition parties and movements have accepted an unwritten plan for democratic transition by 2011; we are doubtful of this claim. … April 6’s stated goal of replacing the current regime with a parliamentary democracy prior to the 2011 presidential elections is highly unrealistic, and is not supported by the mainstream opposition.”
File photo of Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak as they pose before a meeting in Istanbul February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Ibrahim Usta
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Egypt: Millions March Across Egypt, Calling on Mubarak to Step Down
Written by Amira Al Hussaini
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.
Different figures are being circulated online, but the fact remains one. Millions of people from all walks of life marched across Egypt today, calling on president Hosni Mubarak to step down.
[EGYPT] Egyptian Army Intervenes To Protect Protesters From Police In Cairo, 29/01/2011
The US moral conundrum in Egypt
Egypt’s army caught between president, people
Social media: vastly important to informing the international public from inside Egypt
Many equate the invention of the Internet to the dawn of communication itself, and while this is largely inaccurate–human beings have been communicating ever since carving petroglyphs in the Stone Age–it has greatly enhanced our means of communicating, via digital networks that span the globe.
Egyptian Insurgency: Army hold the wild card.
Unless stopped from doing so by the army; it looks increasingly likely Hosni Mubarak intends to follow the script practiced by the Chinese satraps when in 1989 they slaughtered there own young people in the Tiananmen Square massacre. In Egypt, the main centre of the demonstrations seems to be Tahrir Square, which is situated in the centre of Cairo, and has been occupied by protesters day and night since the insurgency began. Lets hope history does not repeat itself.
Kosmopolito: EU diplomacy on Egypt: Business as usual
As the story in Egypt unfolds it is interesting (and depressing as usual) to watch EU diplomacy in practice. Especially with all the talk about the ?one voice in the world? and the reforms of the Lisbon Treaty (EEAS etc.). Well, ?..
Can Hosni hang on?
With the announcement today of his new cabinet, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak all but confirmed that he sees the current unrest sweeping across his country primarily as a security matter, not an issue that demands political reform.
A New Democratic Wave in the Middle East?
from The Reflection Cafe by Reflection Cafe
EGYPT: Who Wins? Mubarak or the Protest?
from Global Guerrillas by John Robb
Obama’s behind-the-scenes efforts in Egypt
US President Barack Obama?s spokesman Robert Gibbs continues to dodge the question ?should Mubarak go??
He says that is ?not for me, not for our country or our government to determine?.
Egypt needs ‘orderly transition’ – EU
Egypt, and the thirty years of solitude, Goran Fejic
As the joyful crowd, deriding curfews and defying tanks, asserts its dominance over the Nile megalopolis, a weird thought comes to my mind: Hosni Mubarak must be a very lonely man. Had he not jailed his political opponents, had he not alienated himself from all segments of a lively young society, he would have interlocutors now: someone to negotiate with, to discuss reforms, to seek some common ground with, or at least, to prepare an honourable retreat.
2011-01-31 Egypt’s Military jockeys to maintain Longstanding Grip on Power
Since 1981, President Hosni Mubarak had legally affected a 30 year-old state of emergency to avoid appointing a vice president. His unwillingness and distrust of sharing power, may be due in part to his experience as vice president during Sadat?s assassination.
Yemen is Not Tunisia, not Egypt
Yesterday I published a commentary on CNN Opinion about the recent protests in Yemen. I attach the start of this here, but the full account can be read at CNN.com.
(CNN) ? ?Yemen is not Tunisia.? These were the words that President Ali Abdullah Saleh spoke to his people on television last Sunday.
Hosni Mubarak: The Last Pharaoh
Mohammed Hosni Mubarak has been the undisputed ruler of Egypt for three decades. But with the apparent loss of support of the Egyptian army in the face of massive protests by the people, the rule of the man who may be the ancient culture's final autocrat — the last pharaoh — will soon be at an end.
Egypt: Mubarak speech sounds like a plan for one more crackdown
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Egypt turns to retro tech during online blackout: Xeni on Madeleine Brand show
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
Egypt: Back Online
Written by Amira Al Hussaini
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.
The Internet is just back in Egypt, and one by one, Egyptian colleagues, friends and contacts are popping back online. The moment is huge and there is euphoria in the air.
Here’s some of the buzz from Twitter.
Egypt: Thugs Unleashed to Terrorise Protesters
Written by Amira Al Hussaini
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.
Government-paid thugs have been unleashed on protesters across Egypt, in a bid to scare them and let them break their protests, which have been on going for eight days.
Egypt: ?We Want Mubarak to Go Now!?
Written by Amira Al Hussaini
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.
A defiant Hosni Mubarak addressed the Egyptian people for the second time since protests calling for an end of his regime started eight days ago.
Portugal: Reflections on Egypt
Written by Sara Moreira · Translated by Janet Gunter · View original post [pt]
O Egipto está mergulhado no caos há seis dias. Porém, as manchetes dos jornais portugueses ignoram o melindre da situação.
Arab World: A Revolution Time-Table
Written by Amira Al Hussaini
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.
An Arab revolution time-table is being circulated online, with potential revolution dates pencilled in for Sudan, Syria, Algeria, Libya and Morocco. The dates are January 30 (Sudanese students are already marching the streets of Khartoum), February 5, February 12 and March 3, respectively.
Egypt: Egyptologist Blogger Surveys Museum Damage
Written by Haifa Alrasheed
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.
To the dismay of Egyptians, world citizens and Egyptologists everywhere, the famous Cairo Egyptian Museum was vandalized and looted on Friday January 28, as the government imposed a curfew and police abandoned their posts.
In Light of Egypt?s Internet Block, U.S. ?Kill Switch Bill? Raises Eyebrows
from Mashable! by Sarah Kessler
Syrians Call For Their Own Facebook-Powered Revolution
Tunisia, Egypt and Sudan?s uprisings continue to embolden people elsewhere in the middle east to call for their own protests via social media. Syria became the latest to do so, as Facebook posts are organizing demonstrations in Damascus Thursday through Friday.
MAIN FOCUS: Europe’s balancing act in Egypt | 01/02/2011
The EU’s foreign ministers announced their support for the democracy movement in Egypt on Monday, without however breaking ties with the Mubarak regime. But despite fears of destabilisation in the region, Europe must help the country to forge a democratic, constitutional state, the press writes.
Does Europe Have Something to Say on Egypt?
Prime Minister David Cameron, President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a joint UK-France-Germany statement on the situation in Egypt:
Exceptional photos from Cairo (warning! some are brutal)
from From the field by arn
Mubarak’s 9 biggest mistakes
from FP Passport by Blake Hounshell
President Obama Speaks on the Situation in Egypt
from Dipnote – U.S. Department of State Official Blog
Obama gets tough on Egypt’s weakened strong man
President Barack Obama has suddenly got tough on America’s ally of 30 years. What’s more, he’s abandoned the language of a law professor and adopted the tone of a civil rights leader. He’s made it crystal clear he’s on the side of the street, not the weakened strong man. As mass demonstrations turned into a revolution, under the benign but watchful eye of the army, the White House has been struggling to keep pace. Maybe now Mr Obama has caught up. Just about.
2011-02-01 WikiLeaks Cables Show Mubarak Not Very Open to Reforms or Freedoms for Egyptians [UPDATE: 4]
At 2:30 PM Egypt time, there are well over a million Egyptians in and around Tahrir Square. The atmosphere is being described by Al Jazeera as a festival atmosphere. CNN has Anderson Cooper reporting from the protests. And, reports are circulating on Twitter indicating Egyptian State TV is running images of Cairo looking serene, void of protesters, and flashing a ?Protect Egypt? banner on screen during music videos.
The beginning of the end in Egypt
Egypt?s experiment with democracy
The range of the Egyptian wave
?Turkish experiment? through Egypt?s prism
2011-02-01 Yemen’s Day of Rage and Abdul Ilah Shayi
The Interior Ministry of Yemen issued a statement on its website outlining extra security measures it has taken in preparation for Yemen’s Day of Rage on February 3. Security forces have been reinforced around Sanaa, the capital, and transportation routes into major cities have security checkpoints added for ‘wanted suspects’ or firearms. The opposition parties have called for a million protesters march in emulation of Egypt’s current demonstrations and asked for members and other supporters outside the capital to join. Around 15,000 protesters marched in Sanaa last Thursday.
