Posts Tagged ‘Mubarak’

مدحت شاكر: الأسطى زلطة يزور مبارك في المستشفى

“You cannot build a democracy in a country where you are surrounded by a sea or an ocean of dictatorships”

NPR Interview – 12 August 2011 – Egyptians See Their Revolution As Mideast Barometer by Hossam El-Hamalawy

Mubarak’s trial domino effect

Our former dictator Mubarak’s trial is only serving as a catalyst for the continuation of the revolt regionally. Today in Yemen for example…

Al-Azazi said if Saleh does indeed return, the protest movement will push to have him put on trial.
“We want to see Saleh in cage, to be the second Arab president to be tried by his own people,” he said.

VIDEO – #Jan25 Revolution مشاهد من ثورة يناير

An amateur footage of the first day of the uprising, 25 January, in Tahrir Square, and scenes from the Friday of Anger in Heliopolis, where protesters tried to march on the presidential palace…

VIDEO – Interview with Al-Jazeera: Mubarak’s Trial

VIDEO – Mubarak’s ministers back on trial

Interview: Mubarak’s Trial

My interview with Al-Jazeera International yesterday, and here is a report by Reuters…

Visualization and the Domino Effect

Asa’d Abu Khalil is right…

The symbolism of the images are enormous: the images are being shared on Arabic twitter and Facebook with great jubilation.

The impact of those images on the regional level will be massive. Keep spreading the pix and vids. Keep on visualizing dissent. Tell the Arab world it’s possible. It’s possible to put your tyrants behind bars.

مين ال يقدر ساعة يحبس مصر؟

When murderers are treated with respect

The regime never forgets its loyal men. Adly receives salutes from officers in his prison, as reported repeatedly in the local press. And in the videos above and below, you can see the army treating Adly, the security chiefs and Mubarak’s sons with all respect and smiles. Compare this treatment to the welcome parties ordinary Egyptian citizens receive when they arrive in prison.