Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

Al-Jazeera Listening Post – Egypt’s elections: A new era for the media?

the revolution will not be tweeted

Graffiti in the ministerial cabinet street…

the revolution will not be tweeted

Graffiti in Qasr el-Aini Street…

Blogging the labor strikes الصحافة الشعبية والتضامن مع حركة العمال

Egypt: Revolution in Motion

Western Mubaraks

Britain threatens to shut down social media sites, like Facebook and Twitter, or banning suspected “rioters” from using them. In New York, the “NYPD has formed a new unit to track troublemakers who announce plans or brag about their crimes on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.” While in California…

A rail transit provider in the United States disabled mobile phone services to prevent a planned protest on Thursday, attracting criticism and unflattering comparisons to crackdowns on dissent in the Middle East.
Demonstrators in northern California’s Bay Area had planned a protest to condemn the shooting death of Charles Hill, who was killed on July 3 after Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officers responded to complaints about a drunk man at a station in the city of San Francisco.

Mubarak and Adly are indeed an inspiration to their counterparts in the West.

Tweeting about a revolution: Social media and social movements

#NOSCAF لا للمجلس العسكري

Anti-army graffiti in downtown Cairo, whereby the artist sprayed “#NOSCAF”, the twitter hashtag used by Egyptian activists to criticize the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces…

VIDEO – #TweetNadwa جذور الثورة المصرية

Roots of the Egyptian Revolution جذور الثورة المصرية

I was honored to speak on Tuesday night, together with activists Wael Khalil, Asmaa Aly and Kholoud Saber, at the 2nd Tweet Nadwa, hosted by Alaa, at the Rawabet Theatre. The topic of discussion was the roots of Egyptian revolution. The audio recording of the entire event is available here. You can also check out some videos and photos.