The six emotions of revolution. . .

. . . are fear, humiliation, anger, dignity, exhilaration, pride.

They're not the same folks they were three weeks ago. They've tasted freedom; they've tasted power; they've re-invented themselves; they've become human in the full sense of the word.

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Sout al Horeya (the sound of freedom) -- Hany Adel, Amir Eid, Hawary, and Sherif Mostafa

For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.

Uninstalling dictator . . . 100% complete ███████████

I went down and I said I am not coming back, and I wrote on every street wall that I am not coming back.
All barriers have been broken down, our weapon was our dream, and the future is crystal clear to us, we have been waiting for a long time, we are still searching for our place, we keep searching for a place we belong too, in every corner in our country.
The sound of freedom is calling, in every street corner in our country, the sound of freedom is calling.
We will re-write history, if you are one of us, join us and don't stop us from fulfilling our dream.
The sound of freedom is calling.

Egypt: El Mahalla el Kubra

Egypt uprising has its roots in a mill town: Los Angeles Times

April 6 Youth Movement (حركة شباب 6 أبريل‎) : wikipedia

Statement of the April 6 Movement on 6 February 2011: jadaliyya

Interview with a pro-democracy activist at Tahrir Square, Cairo

This interview is from several days ago but I think it is still worth watching.



I want to marry her.

Her name is Mona Seif and I will be keeping an eye out for her in the days, weeks and months to come.

Why?

Mubarak's agents of state security have not been abolished, they continue to arrest, beat, and "disappear" anyone they care to.

She is sure to be on their list.

Many have already been "disappeared", including Google executive and online activist Wael Ghonim. Here he is being snatched from a demo by plain-clothes thugs: youtube

He hasn't been seen or heard of since.

Egypt: day of departure

Egypt's organized opposition groups (click on image to enlarge). Update: "It's worth pointing out that a lot of the younger Egyptians regard these parties as irrelevant and are more attracted towards non-party activism or movements like Kifaya ("Enough")."

As I write it is just after 1pm in Cairo and today, Friday, is the "day of departure".

Tahrir (Liberation) Square is very full. The army is searching all who enter the square to try and weed out any armed pro-Mubarak thugs.

Al Jazerra live stream: here

If that stream is too 'choppy', go to Al Jazeera's youtube channel and scroll down that page.

Elsewhere, Guardian live blog for continual updates

To all, stay safe

Egypt: when and when not to tweet

This is a follow-up to the previous post.

Worth noting that in the weeks prior to the commencement of street demonstrations beginning on 25 January 2011 in Cairo and other Egyptian cities, people were requested NOT to use facebook or twitter for organizing. Both networks were being monitored by the state security services, organizations which had a long history of defending the state and not the people.

Things have changed. These days, the security services are too busy shredding, burning and burying documents: economist

Egypt: speak2tweet

Some engineers from Google, Twitter and a company called SayNow have now set up a service where people in Egypt can phone in to one of three voicemail numbers and the message will be converted to a tweet and posted: googleblog

Elsewhere, live stream Al Jazeera English

Photos: Women of the Egyptian Revolution

Photo compilation by Leil-Zahra Mortada: democratic underground

Al Jazeera: Egypt

Been watching events in Egypt since Friday, thanks to Al Jazeera English's live stream. The news organization has crews in Egypt's capital Cairo as well as the cities of Alexandria and Suez.

Al Jazeera English has been superb: news, reported by bilingual journalists, and commented on by analysts who know what they're talking about.

Al Jazeera English live stream

Elsewhere, the role of Egypt's ultra football fans in the Egyptian revolt: War in Context

Translation of Egyptian pamphlet issued by activists just prior to the onset of the street demonstrations: nation

About an hour ago, the Al Jazeera office in Cairo was visited by plain-clothes 'security' officers who told Al Jazeera to take down their camera on the balcony and stop broadcasting. Al Jazeera has taken down their camera there, but they continue to broadcast images live from other parts of Cairo. . . reporters on the ground are, however, no longer being identified by name: Al Jazeera live blog

Again, Al Jazeera live stream