janvier 2011
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“Yes, new technologies and social media definitely played a role and provided a...”
– Singing for the Revolution
Sinan Antoon on the Egyptian revolution
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Singing for the Revolution, by Sinan Antoon
So was it Wikileaks, Facebook, or Twitter? Perhaps all three contributed to the revolutionary winds in the Arab world? This is one of the questions repeated ad nauseam by a great number of commentators and parroted by many in the United States and elsewhere in the “civilized world.” Others wonder if perhaps it was Obama’s speech in Cairo or even the Bush doctrine (for Fox-infested minds and...
“Unless America plans war or wants foreign adversaries vilified, rarely ever do...”
– Revolutionary Change in Egypt: Internal or Made in USA? | Sabbah Report
Revolutionary Change in Egypt: Internal or Made in... →
URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST IN EGYPT. PLEASE...
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“To all the people of world” Alicia Ali Marsden To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt. Tomorrow the government will block the 3 mobile phone network will be completely blocked. And there is news that even the phone...
“Your first tear bomb experience is by no means a pleasant one, and I would like...”
– Mashallah News → What to wear on a revolution
Israel urges world to curb criticism of Egypt’s...
newsflick:
Israel urges world to curb criticism of Egypt’s Mubarak
Israel called on the United States and a number of European countries over the weekend to curb their criticism of President Hosni Mubarak to preserve stability in the region.
Jerusalem seeks to convince its allies that it is in the West’s interest to maintain the stability of the Egyptian regime. The diplomatic measures...
Wikipedia= Sexistpedia: less than 15 percent of... →
Bernard-Henri Lévy Indicted for "Crimes Against... →
“You know about the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, who discovered the...”
– Raoul Vaneigem, The Revolution of Everyday Life (via nervouspeople)
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Bibliothèque numérique « Shamela » : 10 000... →
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BBC NEWS - OPEN EYE: LEBANON’S MISSING
Photographer Dalia Khamissy attempts to uncover what happened to the thousands of people who were kidnapped during the Lebanese civil war.
She meets Amina Hassan Banat.
In 1982 Christian militants rounded up four of Amina’s sons - the youngest was just 13 years old.
She never saw them again.
How does Dalia capture Amina’s chaotic...
“Les technocrates, si on leur donnait le Sahara, dans cinq ans il faudrait qu’ils...”
– (via coluchequotes)
Tunisie : l'héroïsme ordinaire des femmes -... →
De Tunis à Tokyo, la solidarité avec le peuple... →
"The breadth of the revolt was an indication that...
thenoobyorker:
MEDIA FAIL.
FAIL FAIL FAIL
An then they talk about how “”“Arabs”“” are always “naturally prone” for the cult of personality and thus need charismatic leaders…
Use the words 'revolt' and 'uprising' and... →
soupsoup:
via New York Times “The Lede” Egypt liveblog
Speaking on CNN minutes ago, Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian blogger and journalist appealed to the media to not fall for what she described as a Mubarak regime plot to make the protests in Egypt seem like dangerous anarchy.
Does leadership matter?
thenoobyorker:
fattouch:
One question that is being asked frequently in the media is who is taking the leadership of Egypt if/when Mubarak falls. It is as if protests and demonstrations only meant something if lead by a personal figure willing to supersede the current occupant of the Presidential chair. Most are trying to point ElBaradei to that function.
Although it is valid to think...
Pour contourner le blocage du Web, les modems 56K... →
amostock:
“Parce qu’il s’agit bien d’une attaque flagrante d’un Etat contre Internet, FDN a décidé d’ouvrir une petite fenêtre sur le réseau en mettant à disposition de qui le souhaite un compte d’accès RTC [réseau téléphonique commuté]”, explique le FAI, connu pour ses engagements en faveur de la neutralité d’Internet ou la liberté d’expression. Les internautes égyptiens peuvent utiliser la...
“For two young Israeli activists, solidarity with the people of Egypt trumped...”
– Interview: Two Israelis on Joining the Protests in Egypt | Mother Jones (via goma0nigiri)
if you know anyone in egypt.
carpe-cerevisi:
If you know anyone in Egypt, please pass this on to them. To bypass government blocking of websites, use numerical IP addresses: Twitter ”128.242.240.52” Fb ”69.63.189.34” Google ”172.14.204.99”. A French ISP offers free dial up internet access ~ +33 1 72 89 01 50 Login password: toto. Please pass this on and share.
FIND Worldwide Protests at all Egyptian Embassies →
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Does leadership matter?
One question that is being asked frequently in the media is who is taking the leadership of Egypt if/when Mubarak falls. It is as if protests and demonstrations only meant something if lead by a personal figure willing to supersede the current occupant of the Presidential chair. Most are trying to point ElBaradei to that function.
Although it is valid to think forward and try to imagine how...
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Wikileaks Egypt Cable Updates →
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aleatoire:
La France a formé la police égyptienne de Moubarak
Michèle Alliot-Marie avait proposé le « savoir-faire » de la France pour le maintien de l’ordre en Tunisie. En Egypte, c’est une formation à la « gestion des foules et des grands événements » qui a été dispensée à la mi-octobre par deux policiers français à leurs homologues égyptiens.
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“Of the 57 countries in the vast geographic and cultural expanse known as the...”
– The propagation of neo-Orientalism - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
The propagation of neo-Orientalism, by Soumaya...
It is hard to imagine amidst the omnipresence of discourse currently on Islam that a mere three decades ago, Islam had been a marginal concern situated on the periphery of western consciousness.
If ever encountered in press reports during the cold war, it would most likely have been in the figure of the “mujahideen” confronting the Empire of Evil in Afghanistan. Islam appeared as a...
Egypt not trending in China: Beijing blocks... →
China has blocked the word “Egypt” from the country’s wildly popular Twitter-like service, while coverage of the political turmoil has been tightly restricted in state media.
China’s ruling Communist Party is sensitive to any potential source of social unrest.
A search for “Egypt” on the Sina microblogging service brings up a message saying, “According to relevant laws, regulations and...