“A historic moment in the history of my people. I urge you to say uprising or revolt and not chaos… [this is the liberation] of the Arab imagination… The future is winning…” — Mona Eltahawy’s stunning appearance on CNN and other Headlines and stories from The Egyptian revolution:
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But how will the crowd react to him? Egypt’s ElBaradei to head to Cairo protest hub
CAIRO, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Egyptian activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei plans join protesters later on Sunday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the hub of the protest calling for President Hosni Mubarak to quit, an opposition figure said.
http://www.forexyard.com/en/news/Egypts-ElBaradei-to-head-to-Cairo-protest-hub-2011-01-30T155958Z
Egypt Death Toll Passes 100 As Protests Continue
CAIRO — Gangs of armed men attacked at least four jails across Egypt before dawn Sunday, helping to free hundreds of Muslim militants and thousands of other inmates as police vanished from the streets of Cairo and other cities. The U.S. Embassy in Cairo told its citizens in Egypt to consider leaving the country as soon as possible, and said it had authorized the voluntary departure of dependents and non-emergency employees, a display of Washington’s escalating concern about the stability of its closest Arab ally. Al Jazeera was ordered to shut down in Cairo.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/30/egypt-death-toll_n_815925.html
Egypt shuts down Al Jazeera bureau
Network’s licences cancelled and accreditation of staff in Cairo withdrawn by order of information minister.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2011/01/201113085252994161.html
Americans advised to evacuate Egypt, Al Jazeera shut down
Hillary Clinton urged Egypt to respond to her people and the information minister revokes Al Jazeera’s credentials
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2011/01/30/americans_evacuate_egypt_embassy
Egypt military ‘show of strength’
The Egyptian military stages an apparent show of strength in Cairo during a sixth day of protests against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-12319523
Police shoot dead 17 attacking Egypt police stations
CAIRO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Egyptian police shot dead 17 people trying to attack two police stations on Saturday in Beni Suef governorate, south of Cairo, witnesses and medical sources said.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/police-shoot-dead-17-attacking-egypt-police-stations
Hundreds mourn Egypt’s dead
Hundreds of mourners and protesters gathered in Cairo on Saturday for the funeral of those killed in recent violence in the Egyptian capital. The bereaved families were joined by throngs of demonstrators calling for an end to President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule. Al Jazeera’s Dan Nolan reports from Cairo. Viewer discretion advised: This package contains images that may disturb or offend some.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzLBCV-cwjg&feature=youtube_gdata
Protesters hold funeral procession in Cairo
Funeral procession was held for victim through Tahrir Square during protest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YkZNYuIQwI&feature=youtube_gdata
Protesters set Egypt’s tax authority alight
Jan 29 (Reuters) – Protesters set fire to the Egyptian Tax Authority headquarters, an office tower near the Interior Ministry and other government buildings in Central Cairo, a Reuters witness said on Saturday., Flames could be seen from several blocks away and smoke was billowing out of the building.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/protesters-set-egypts-tax-authority-alight
Pressure builds on Mubarak
Protests continue as world leaders keep up pressure, urging for sweeping reforms in Egypt. The United States and other leading European nations have urged Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, to refrain from violence against unarmed protesters and work to create conditions for free and fair elections. Washington told Mubarak on Saturday that it was not enough simply to “reshuffle the deck” with a shake-up of his government and pressed him to make good on his promise of genuine reform.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/201113003435803286.html
Egypt army pleads for calm
Egyptians are witnessing the winds of change, as tens of thousands continue to rally against poverty and corruption on Cairo’s streets in defiance of a nationwide curfew imposed on the capital. Earlier, in a desperate attempt to restore a sense of normality, an army commander addressed a crowd of protesters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2VabpLtMHw&feature=youtube_gdata
In Egypt, protesters and soldiers declare: The army and the people are one
Military men, hoisted up by the crowd, remove their helmets; demonstrators chant they they will not cease their protest until Mubarak resigns.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/in-egypt-protesters-and-soldiers-declare-the-army-and-the-people-are-one-1.339985?localLinksEnabled=false
Egyptian demonstrators, soldiers show solidarity as Mubarak appoints VP
Jubilant pro-democracy demonstrators and gun-toting soldiers rode together atop tanks into Cairo’s main square Saturday in an extraordinary show of solidarity, even as President Hosni Mubarak took steps to engineer a possible transfer of power to one of his closest confidants.
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=845a1a5bcd5460d24667873ded5e7d71
Egypt police target reporters
Group says Egyptian security forces mark new target to attack: Members of foreign press.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4020838,00.html
Mubarak clings to power as violence engulfs Egypt’s capital
More than 100 people killed in five days of protests; vigilantes protect buildings from mobs of looters; army on streets but holds back.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/mubarak-clings-to-power-as-violence-engulfs-egypt-s-capital-1.340089?localLinksEnabled=false‘
On the ground with Egypt protesters
BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet gets caught up in protests on Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the focal point of the demonstrations in the city.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-12319328
Cairo protesters: ‘We’re staying here until Mubarak leaves.’
In Cairo’s Tahrir Square Saturday, protesters said President Mubarak’s appointment of a vice president and prime minister wasn’t enough, and expressed confidence that momentum was on their side.
http://rss.csmonitor.com/%7Er/feeds/world/%7E3/2MEPMQqzf2U/Cairo-protesters-We-re-staying-here-until-Mubarak-leaves .
Egyptian protesters again defy curfew; many police stand down
The second day of a government-imposed curfew doesn’t deter thousands of demonstrators, who are essentially given free rein through the center of Cairo. For the most part, police are absent and protests in the downtown area are peaceful for much of Saturday. Egyptian protesters defied a government-imposed curfew for a second night and lawlessness spread across Cairo as police backed off from confrontations in most areas of the capital, allowing thousands of demonstrators free rein through the city center.
http://feeds.latimes.com/%7Er/latimes/middleeast/%7E3/8ZuXdMOqPyA/la-fg-egypt-protests,0,3322228.story
Egyptian troops let protests proceed as Mubarak names vice president
CAIRO – Tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators swarmed central Cairo on Saturday in the largest demonstration yet against the rule of the country’s longtime autocratic leader, President Hosni Mubarak. The crowd went unchallenged by troops, who, in extraordinary scenes unfolding around …
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=89ea9dc104b5c4538ab4eae793802546
Mubarak names his deputy and new PM
Protests continue as Egyptian president appoints former spy chief as his vice-president for the first time.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/201112921282867688.html
`Umar Sulayman family album
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/01/umar-sulayman-family-album.html
ElBaradei: The people have revolted
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Egypt on a fifth day of protests, as the pro-democracy activist Mohamed ElBaradei warned that “the Egyptian people have revolted”.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-12316526
INTERVIEW-Brotherhood lawyer: Mubarak must quit or reform
CAIRO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Protests that have rocked Egypt will not abate until President Hosni Mubarak steps down or announces immediate reforms, a lawyer representing the Islamist opposition group Muslim Brotherhood told Reuters on Saturday. Protests broke out across Egypt on Saturday, the fifth day of nationwide demonstrations against Mubarak’s 30-year-rule. The Brotherhood has mostly stayed in the background, although several of its senior officials have been detained.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/interview-brotherhood-lawyer-mubarak-must-quit-or-reform
World pressure on Mubarak grows
World leaders call on Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak to avoid violence and enact reforms as protests continue into a sixth day.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-12317277
US urges Egyptian elections; no aid cutoff for now
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/us-urges-egyptian-elections-no-aid-cutoff-for-now
Clinton says US wants “orderly transition” in Egypt
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday the United States wanted to see an orderly transition of power in Egypt, where anti-government protests have threatened the rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/clinton-says-us-wants-orderly-transition-in-egypt
Sacking Egyptian ministers not enough, U.S. State Department says
State Department spokesperson P.J. Crowley tweets that Mubarak cabinet reshuffle must be followed by real reform.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/sacking-egyptian-ministers-not-enough-u-s-state-department-says-1.340042?localLinksEnabled=false
U.S. Embassy In Cairo Urges Americans To Leave Egypt
CAIRO — The U.S. Embassy in Egypt on Sunday recommended that Americans leave the country as soon as possible, while other nations urged their nationals to avoid traveling to Cairo as days of protests descended into chaos, with looters roaming the streets and travelers stranded in the airport.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/30/us-embassy-in-cairo-urges_n_815919.html
Egypt Protests: Thousands Of Tourists Swarm Cairo Airport (VIDEO)
Thousands of foreign tourists are waiting for flights out of Cairo as the Egyptian protests continue to rage. Delta, the only airline with direct flights to Cairo from the United States, indefinitely suspended flights, according to the New York Post. The scene at the Cairo airport was a maze of tourists from all over the world waiting to get out of the protest-torn country.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/30/egypt-protests-thousands-_n_815959.html
Egypt’s ambassador to U.S. says he hasn’t heard from Cairo
(CNN) — Egypt’s ambassador to the United States said that, after “minute-by-minute” conversations with members of U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration on Friday, there have been no such communications Saturday — nor has he heard from his own government in Cairo.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/29/egypt.us.ambassador/index.html
Egypt: End Use of Live Fire at Peaceful Protests
(Caiiro) – The Egyptian government should order security forces, especially police and plainclothes agents, not to use live fire against peaceful protesters and bystanders, Human Rights Watch said today. Following reports that dozens have been killed at demonstrations, Human Rights Watch confirmed at least 33 dead in Alexandria and heard plausible reports of at least 50 to 70 dead at a single morgue in Cairo.
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/01/29/egypt-end-use-live-fire-peaceful-protests
Egypt turmoil rattles Middle East stock markets (AP)
AP – Investors nervous about instability gripping Egypt drove Middle Eastern stocks down sharply Sunday as markets reopened following a weekend of violent protests.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110130/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_mideast_markets
Iraq offers to evacuate citizens living in Egypt (AP)
AP – The Iraqi government says it will evacuate its citizens living in Egypt for free as the chaos in the North African nation enters its sixth day.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110130/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_egypt_evacuations
Gaza-Egypt border sealed indefinitely
EL-ARISH, Egypt (Ma’an) — Egyptian authorities have closed the crossing with the Gaza Strip indefinitely as its army deploys in the northern Sinai, a Ma’an correspondent said Sunday. Egyptian security contacted officials in Gaza to check up on the situation along the Rafah border, and Hamas authorities confirmed that large numbers of security officers were deployed at the crossing.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=355471
How To Help Egypt Get Online
Egypt is in the midst of an Internet blackout that experts are calling the “worst in history.”Renesys estimated that 93% of Egypt’s networks were still unavailable Friday evening (EST). With the country’s citizens unable to log on to the Internet as they normally would, people have turned to a variety of other means to get online, including using ham radios, fax machines, and landline phones.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/29/how-to-help-egypt-get-online_n_815880.html
Anonymous Internet Users Team Up To Provide Communication Tools For Egyptian People
“Internet not working, police cars burning,” sent out one Egyptian. “Today marks a great day for Egypt,” sent out another. These messages weren’t coming from mobile phones or computers, but from an amateur radio sending out Morse Code somewhere amidst the chaos in Egypt. The Egyptian government’s efforts to limit communications within the country has triggered a wave of activism from an international group of free speech activists on the Internet called Telecomix.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/29/anonymous-internet-egypt_n_815889.html
Psychological Operations against the Arab people
Watch out. Be careful. There has been political psychological operations against the Arabs in publications close to the Mossad (like the Telegraph in the UK and that lousy site, Debka–or whatever it is called). They intend to imply that the US is orchestrating the protests in Egypt. Those rumors aim at 1) Imply that Arabs have no agency. That they can’t act on their own and out of their own volition. 2) to exaggerate the ability of the US to control events in the Middle East. 3) to imply that the US never is hit in the face in the region. 4) to enhance the image of the US as one that is on the side of the people. 5) to discredit the protest movement in the eye of the Arabs to make it an American plot. Beware.
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/01/psychological-operations-against-arab.html
Video and Pictures of Egypt Protests
Egypt protests press on
Egyptian military tanks rolled into cities including Cairo, in President Hosni Mubarak’s attempt to restore order. But Egyptians are angry, and Mubarak’s speech on Saturday has done little to appease them. Protests continue for a fifth day, with demonstrators still calling for an end to his 30-year reign. Al Jazeera’s Dan Nolan reports.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDPyWLX04Kc&feature=youtube_gdata
Al Jazeera English Video: In Pictures: Egypt in turmoil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qQTzLoKYF4&feature=player_embedded
Women of Egypt
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=268523&id=586357675&fbid=493689677675
Egyptian Intifada – Imbaba
http://cassel.photoshelter.com/gallery/Egyptian-Intifada-Imbaba/G0000NxTVSKl2mxw
Pictures of the Massive Protests
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=889875511&aid=617584
The Egyptian People
http://twitpic.com/3uj0x9
Protester carrying a soldier in the streets
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110129/i/r2929872771.jpg
Protestors carry an army captain on their shoulders after he tore up a poster of President Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square
http://twitpic.com/3umio6
Arabist’s Jan29th protest pictures
http://www.arabist.net/blog/2011/1/30/photos-from-january-29.html
Other protest pics
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=42825&id=183109598386912&l=cee8bde088
http://twitpic.com/3uwgs8
Looting
Human Rights Watch: 2 looters were just caught in Muharram Beyh neighborhood of Alexandria who had police ID cards and were members of undercover plainclothes force
http://www.hrw.org/egypt-live-updates
Looting spreads in Egyptian cities
Looters seen stealing objects in various cities as residents form vigilante groups in defence.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2011/01/2011129175926266521.html
As night falls after fifth day of riots, Egyptians seek to provide their own protection
Egypt police withdraw from the streets, government buildings set ablaze, escaped convicts run free and rumors rife with reports of at least 60 rape cases during the unrest.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/as-night-falls-after-fifth-day-of-riots-egyptians-seek-to-provide-their-own-protection-1.340045?localLinksEnabled=false
Cairo citizen guards protect homes
Police appear to have withdrawn from many parts of the Egyptian capital and it is the people who now own the streets. Locals armed with sticks and knives are setting up their own neighbourhood security groups to protect their homes and property. Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland reports from Nasr City in Cairo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7EcB5_fyRY&feature=youtube_gdata
Egypt Jail Break: 700 Prisoners Escape South Of Cairo
CAIRO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Egyptians armed with guns, sticks, and blades have formed vigilante groups to defend their homes from looters after police disappeared from the streets following days of violent protests. Banks, junctions and important buildings previously guarded by the police and state security were left abandoned on Saturday and civilians have quickly stepped in to fill the void.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/29/egypt-jail-break-700-prisoners-escape_n_815872.html
Unrest puts Cairo museum at risk
Several priceless and ancient artefacts damaged during violent street protests.
http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2011/01/201113054019984566.html
Egyptian Museum Looted: Egypt Looters Rip Heads Off 2 Mummies At Famed Cairo Museum
CAIRO — Would-be looters broke into Cairo’s famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 10 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt’s antiquities chief said Saturday. Zahi Hawass said the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum’s antiquities, and that the prized collection was now safe and under military guard.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/29/egyptian-museum-looted-egypt_n_815869.html
Egyptians believe Mubarak instigated looting to show only he can protect them from chaos, Parvez Sharma
American television networks and an endless parade of mostly white men pundits (brought out and dusted off with their cobwebs) should take lessons from Al-Jazeera in live reportage, in not having pundits talk over the chants of a mass of humanity, in having Arab reporters covering what they know best, in remarkably evocative and courageous camerawork and in just being able to cover history like no other television network has ever been able to do before. And yes, I also mean that CNN during the first Gulf War was not as good as this.
https://mondoweiss.net/2011/01/egyptians-believe-mubarak-instigated-looting-to-show-only-he-can-protect-them-from-chaos.html
World Solidarity with the Egyptian Revolution
Must watch video from the protests in London: To the Egyptian Masses: I Kiss The Dust Under Your Feet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hBV0ApIh_4&feature=player_embedded
Arab Israelis back Egyptian protestors
Protests held across nation; former MK Makhoul: We’re showing solidarity with Arab nations.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4020862,00.html
Egyptian flags in Jaffa
“Muslim and Christian residents, as well as Jewish left-wing activists, are charging that religious settlers who moved to Jaffa are abusing Arabs in town and stirring provocations. Many protestors carried Egyptian and Palestinian flags, chanting “Allahu Akbar” and “we’ll liberate Jaffa with blood.”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4020787,00.html
From Jaffa to Cairo all people power is revolutionary, Joseph Dana
As Egypt continued its revolution on the streets, the citizens of Jaffa held a passionate march thorough the city against racism and settlements. About 800 Palestinian and Israeli residents of the city marched through the streets chanting in Arabic and Hebrew against the wave of racism taking over Israeli society. “Jews and Arabs Against the Hate and Terror of Settlers’ and ‘From Jaffa to Cairo all people power is revolutionary.” Some protesters carried Egyptian flags and many seemed energized by the events unfolding in Egypt. Despite a heavy police presence and even police helicopters, no incidents of violence were reported from the nonviolent protest.
http://josephdana.com/2011/01/from-jaffa-to-cairo-all-people-power-is-revolutionary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-jaffa-to-cairo-all-people-power-is-revolutionary
Solidarity with Egypt in …Tel Aviv
Demonstration in front of the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv in solidarity with the popular protests against the rule of Hosni Mubarak – January 28, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH5h-d42cOI&feature=youtu.be
LEBANON: Protesters at embassy support Egyptians against regime
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/01/lebanon-egypt-protest-mubarak-.html
Americans Protest In Support Of Egypt (PHOTOS)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/29/americans-protest-egypt-photos_n_815894.html
Protest in San Francisco
The protest and march in San Francisco was quite impressive. Hundreds of Arabs and Americans gathered to denounce Husni Mubarak and US support for the Egyptian dictatorship. You saw Arabs from different backgrounds cheering the people of Tunisia and Egypt. I am not good as a speak at rallies: I can’t yell to crowd in the manner of: What do we want? Etc. But I obliged and said a few words. Joe (six pack) Biden was mocked by all. We then marched to UN plaza in San Francisco. The Palestinian, Tunisian, Egyptian and US flags mixed together. I carried one sign. It said: “Mubarak Totters, Zionists weep.”
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/01/protest-in-san-francisco.html
San Francisco Solidarity Protest with Egyptian Revolution #Jan25 (29.1.2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uId–weobcU
San Francisco Solidarity Protest with Egyptian Revolution #Jan25 (29.1.2011)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3beee/sets/72157625934607832/
Hundreds at anti-Mubarak protest in Washington
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of opponents of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak called at a rally in Washington Saturday for his overthrow and urged Washington to “stand on the right side of history” and cut off aid to his regime. Amid a sea of Egyptian and American flags and protest placards in English and Arabic with slogans including “Pharaoh no more” and “Overthrow Mubarak,” the crowd, estimated at between 900 and 1,000, took turns leading chants in front of the Egyptian embassy.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/hundreds-antimubarak-protest-washington/
Advocates stage local rally to back protesters
30 Jan – Hundreds of Egyptians and their supporters rallied in Cambridge and Boston yesterday, including at least one demonstrator whose brother had been wounded by Egyptian police. In a smaller-scale version of the massive revolt that has roiled Egypt over the past week, demonstrators called for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, whose 30-year reign, they said, has mired his nation in poverty, unemployment and corruption.
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20110130advocatesstage_localrally_to_backprotesters/srvc=home&position=1
Great picture from Boston protests: Walk Like an Egyptian
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chinatownkicks/5399002109/
Toronto rally echoes calls for reform in Egypt
Hundreds of people attended a peaceful rally at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday afternoon to support protesters who are clashing with police on the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities. People crowded the square in a sign of solidarity for the demonstrators in Egypt and a show of concern about the growing strife that has killed more than 70 people and injured hundreds more. Draped in flags and waving placards in the air, the crowd in downtown Toronto showed its disdain for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, chanting “Mubarak must go” before rally officially began at 1 p.m.
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110129/toronto-rally-supports-egyptian-protesters-110129/20110129/?hub=TorontoNewHome
Australian-Egyptians tell Mubarak to go
Australian-Egyptians have added their voice to the growing calls for the removal of President Hosni Mubarak, amid a mounting death toll from political protests in the troubled north African nation.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1475057/Australian-Egyptians-tell-Mubarak-to-go
Egyptian protesters in front o/t FreedomPalace i/t Hague,Netherlands. All screaming “Down with Mubarak
http://yfrog.com/h2jberj
Syrian activists salute Tunisia, Egypt uprisings
DAMASCUS (AFP) — Syrian activists and opposition figures, including Michel Kilo and filmmaker Omar Amiralay, on Sunday hailed Tunisia’s revolution and the uprising in Egypt as an example to all Arabs. The Syrian people “also aspire to justice and freedom,” they said in a statement sent to AFP. “We salute the Tunisian people and their revolution and the uprising of the Egyptian people and their resistance to a corrupt and repressive regime,” read the signed statement.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=355625
STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT
The demonstrations in Egypt could end three decades of repressive rule and bring, at long last, freedom and democracy to Egypt. The regime is attempting to starve the protest movement of two crucial sources of power: information and solidarity. But despite the internet blackout, Egyptian radios and satellite TVs can still receive broadcasts from across the border — so Avaaz will work with broadcasters whose signals reach inside Egypt to circulate the number signatures on this statement of solidarity, along with messages of support from around the world for Egypt’s people. Every hour matters. What happens next depends of all of us. Let’s stand with those on the streets and build a deafening outcry against rampant corruption and political repression, and for democratic reform. Sign the statement of solidarity–and spread the word about this campaign!
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/democracy_for_egypt/?rc=fb
Mubarak’s Friends
State media: Abbas contacts Egyptian president
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas contacted his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak on Saturday, state media said. “President Abbas affirmed the Palestinian leadership’s support for Egyptian security and stability,” Abbas was quoted as saying.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=355368
Palestinian leadership out of sync with own people over Egypt?
On Friday afternoon, a money changer sat in his office on Salah ad-din Street, the main street of East Jerusalem, watching his computer screen. But it wasn’t showing the minute-to-minute changes in the exchange rate, or the price of gold – he was watching the protests in Egypt being broadcast live on Al-Jazeera. “Policemen have taken off their uniforms and have joined the demonstrators”, he said, his blue-green eyes widening in amazement. A taxi driver from Beit Hanina nodded in deep affirmation, and said that the protests were “good.”
http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=24975
The police (non)state in Ramallah
I received this email from Ramallah: “Greetings, I would like to remain anonymous regarding my name. I am writing to you to tell you that the Palestinian Authority has yet again obstructed and threatened anyone who will show up at the peaceful protest (i3tisam) scheduled to happen today in front of the Egyptian embassy in Ramallah, Sunday February 1 at 4 pm. This is the second time that the PA refuses to let the Palestinians express solidarity with first our Tunisian brethren and sisters in their popular uprising and now in supporting the Egyptian people in their uprising against Mubarak’s regime.”
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/01/police-nonstate-in-ramallah.html
NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL WATCHING EGYPT EVENTS “WITH VIGILANCE”
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/netanyahu-says-israel-watching-egypt-events-with-vigilance
Israeli PM says ties with Egypt must be preserved (AP)
AP – Israel’s prime minister told his Cabinet on Sunday that he is “anxiously following” the crisis in Egypt, saying in his first public comments on the situation that Israel’s three-decade-old peace agreement with its most important Arab ally must be preserved.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110130/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_egypt_protest
U.S. wants to see an overhaul, not overthrow, in Egypt
While not objecting to Hosni Mubarak’s government reshuffle, a senior Obama administration official says far more change is needed, including giving opposition groups and activists more freedom. What the U.S. wants to avoid is a repeat of Iran’s 1979 revolution.
http://feeds.latimes.com/%7Er/latimes/middleeast/%7E3/e-qn5hKyqFk/sc-dc-0130-egypt-us-20110129,0,2811094.story
Without Egypt, Israel will be left with no friends in Mideast
Without Egypt’s Mubarak and with relations with Turkey in shambles, Israel will be forced to court new potential allies.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/without-egypt-israel-will-be-left-with-no-friends-in-mideast-1.339926
New York Times is freaking out: what will happen to its beloved Israel?
“American officials must already be wondering what will happen to the fight against Al Qaeda if Mr. Saleh is deposed. And what will happen to efforts to counter Iran and promote Arab-Israeli peace if Mr. Mubarak is suddenly gone?”
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-york-times-is-freaking-out-what.html
GOP stands with Mubarak
“GOP Conference chairman Thaddeus McCotter voiced his support for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Friday in a statement released on his website. The Republican congressman from Michigan likened demonstrations in Egypt to “Iran’s 1979 radical revolution.” He cautions that those who “will be tempted to superficially interpret the Egyptian demonstrations as an uprising for populist democracy” should instead “recall how such similar initial views of the 1979 Iranian Revolution were belied by the mullahs’ radical jackbooted murderers.”
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/01/gop-stands-with-mubarak.html
No Longer Caring About Democracy, Bolton Disparages Egypt Protests And Defends Mubarak
During the Bush years, one of the justifications the administration most relied on for many of its policies in the world was that it was engaging in “democracy promotion.” One of the most vocal members about this supposed cause was Bush administration U.N. ambassador John Bolton.
http://links.visibli.com/share/d29884
Analysis/Op-ed
Obama Presses Egypt for Change, Without Calling for New Face at the Top
Concern about a potential power vacuum drove President Obama’s decision not to call for Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, officials said.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5d3da23cb22434fdabc0880d21bc5c2a
Mubarak’s appointment of military men to top posts continues Egypt’s martial style of rule, Janine Zacharia
CAIRO – The installation of military men into powerful new roles in the Egyptian government on Saturday reflected a martial style of rule unbroken in Egypt since Gamal Abdel Nasser and his young officers toppled the monarchy in 1952.
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=0826e0c06e47c472829da0526955d6ab
Man in the News: Choice Likely to Please the Military, Not the Crowds, MICHAEL SLACKMAN
Omar Suleiman, President Hosni Mubarak’s choice for vice president of Egypt, is the establishment’s candidate.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f8a61ae3d817def8727591d51b1a2192
Egyptians Wonder What’s Next, ANTHONY SHADID
Anxiety remains over what the protests will lead to, and what the arson and looting portend.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a14245522ea3dbe926ec41a3aa4e6ad3
A Nation in Waiting
A special programme looking at Egypt under Hosni Mubarak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mog2Xeu0-c&feature=youtube_gdata
New IDF intelligence chief failed to predict Egypt uprising
Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said Mubarak’s government was not under threat and that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was not sufficiently organized to take power.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/new-idf-intelligence-chief-failed-to-predict-egypt-uprising-1.340062?localLinksEnabled=false
Egypt Unrest: A “Major Political Tsunami”
ISLAMABAD – As Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak fights for survival in the face of rapidly growing protests on the streets of a country he has ruled with an iron hand, diplomats and analysts across the region are bracing for a period of growing instability that presents fresh challenges to a host of players.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20030001-503543.html
Mona Eltahawy to CNN: Call Egypt an Uprising
Noted Egyptian journalist and speaker Mona Eltahaway takes CNN to task for their sensational descriptions of the events in Egypt and call it for what it is: an uprising and a revolution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_BS9Iniw0Q
Mona Eltahway to CNN: Egypt’s history of rendition and torture for the U.S.
When Mona Eltahawy explicitly described what many of us learned from Jane Mayer–Hosni Mubarak’s appointed Vice President, Omar Suleiman, has a long history of cooperating with us in accepting and torturing people rendered to Egypt–and when Wolf asks whether this went on in the Bush Administration (it dates back to the Clinton Administration), Townsend explains the best known example is that of Maher Arar. Wolf corrects her that that involved Syria.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gO4Hw-RjkY
Live From the Egyptian Revolution, Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Cairo, Egypt—I grew up in Egypt. I spent half my life here. But Saturday, when my plane from JFK airport touched down in Cairo, I arrived in a different country than the one I had known all my life. This is not Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt anymore and, regardless of what happens, it will never be again.
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/1/29/live_from_the_egyptian_revolution_by_sharif_abdel_kouddous
Inside Story – Egypt: The youth perspective
Inspired by the revolution in Tunisia, Egyptian youths are leading ongoing protests in their own country. Thousands of Egyptians have taken to the streets across the country, demanding political change. So, how do young Egyptians view the protests and are they hopeful that change will come?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC8PJNCrhmM&feature=youtube_gdata
We’ve waited for this revolution for years. Other despots should quail
Change is sweeping though the Middle East and it’s the Facebook generation that has kickstarted it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jan/29/egypt-mubarak-tunisia-palestine
Interview: Blogger Alaa Abdelfatah
Egyptian blogger and pro-democracy activist offers his insight into the current situation in Egypt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYrFAVR9ZJs&feature=youtube_gdata
Arab Executives Predict Regime Change in Egypt
The consensus among the Arab elite at the World Economic Forum was that the protests in Egypt would end the nation’s near monarchical regime.
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=65ca3683836c54056af55d51a837ebdf
Palestinians in Gaza react to Egypt, Tunisia uprisings
As news of the uprisings in a growing number of Arab countries spread like wildfire around the world, residents of other countries struggling under their own oppressive governments and soaring unemployment were celebrating on the streets, on Twitter and on Facebook. The occupied Gaza Strip was no exception.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11761.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifadaPalestine+%28Electronic+Intifada+%3A+Palestine+News%29
Iraqis watch Egypt unrest with sense of irony (AP)
AP – Iraqis who have long suffered from high unemployment, poverty and endemic corruption, the catalysts of unrest spreading in the Arab world, called on their own government to take notice.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110130/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_feeling_egypt_s_pain
Irony in Egypt
Comrade Joseph sent me this: “What strikes me as most ironic, at least at the level of the image, is that millions of Egyptians marched in the streets of Cairo to demand of Nasir that he not resign after he lost the 1967 war, while today millions march across Egypt calling on Mubarak to resign and get the hell out of Egypt!”
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/01/irony-in-egypt.html
From the front lines of the Egyptian uprising, Matthew Cassel
It’s been a long time coming, but change is on its way to Egypt. In the working-class area of Imbaba in Cairo on Friday, 28 January, I and my companions joined a group of fifty or so protesters marching up and down the street. The crowd shouted “come down! come down!” to neighbors. Without even realizing that others were joining I looked back at one point to see that 50 had become 500, and not long after I couldn’t see the end of the mass marching through the streets.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11763.shtml
‘Muslims, Christians we are all Egyptians’: Scenes from a revolution as told by one eyewitness, Parvez Sharma
My friend Yousry is in his late twenties. He and his wife would be considered affluent because they live in Zamalek. But like so many others, because all barriers of class have fallen away—he has been on the streets for the last 48 hours. He just returned home in Zamalek after patrolling the streets of the neighborhood with his prized Syrian sword that used to just hang up as souvenir in their living room. He had never thought he would have to take it off the wall and actually try to use it to defend his neighbors and his family. He did like to show it off at our late night parties in his apartment.
https://mondoweiss.net/2011/01/muslims-christians-we-are-all-egyptians-scenes-from-a-revolution-as-told-by-one-eyewitness.html
Dyab Abou Jahjah, “Egypt: On the Appointment of Suleiman As Vice President”
Appointing Omar Suleiman as vice president means telling everybody that Hosni Mubarak is over and out and that Gamal Mubarak will never be president. At the same time it means telling the people that Suleiman, the man for Israel and the CIA, is the candidate to succeed Mubarak and that the regime is only conceding defeat formally and not structurally. In other words, after the ouster of Mubarak, it is Suleiman who will automatically become president and elections will not be held till their scheduled date. The people will not accept this and will keep protesting even after Mubarak steps down.
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/jahjah300111.html
Zewail’s 4 point Plan for Egypt, Juan Cole
Nobelist in chemistry, Dr. Ahmed Zewail of the California Institute of Technology, is an Egyptian-American who has sometimes been mentioned as a candidate for president of Egypt. He has served as a science envoy to the Arab world of President Obama. In an interview on Aljazeera Arabic, Zewail called for fundamental change in Egypt, not just cosmetic alterations. He gave as the causes for the current uprising.
http://www.juancole.com/2011/01/zewails-4-point-plan-for-egypt.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+juancole%2Fymbn+%28Informed+Comment%29
Close U.S. ally and new Egyptian VP Soliman ‘keeps the domestic beasts at bay’, Alex Kane
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has appointed Omar Soliman, the country’s head of intelligence, as vice president in Mubarak’s first big move following continuous days of protest that are threatening to end his regime. But Soliman’s appointment will not placate the Egyptian demonstrators–Democracy Now! producer Sharif Abdel Kouddos, who is on the ground in Egypt, reports that Egyptians have begun “chanting against Omar Suleiman.”
https://mondoweiss.net/2011/01/close-u-s-ally-and-new-egyptian-vp-soliman-keeps-the-domestic-beasts-at-bay.html
The Egyptian revolution threatens an American-imposed order of Arabophobia and false choices, Philip Weiss
I’m as thrilled as anyone by what I see in the Cairo streets, but when I turn on American television I see only grim faces. Rob’t Gibbs looked frightened during his delayed press briefing yesterday afternoon, he didn’t know what to say. Obama’s comments last night were equivocal and opaque: I’m with Mubarak, for now. This is his 9/11– the day Arabs blindsided a president.
https://mondoweiss.net/2011/01/the-egyptian-revolution-threatens-an-american-imposed-arabophobic-order.html
Robert Fisk: Egypt: Death throes of a dictatorship
The Egyptian tanks, the delirious protesters sitting atop them, the flags, the 40,000 protesters weeping and crying and cheering in Freedom Square and praying around them, the Muslim Brotherhood official sitting amid the tank passengers. Should this be compared to the liberation of Bucharest? Climbing on to an American-made battle tank myself, I could only remember those wonderful films of the liberation of Paris. A few hundred metres away, Hosni Mubarak’s black-uniformed security police were still firing at demonstrators near the interior ministry. It was a wild, historical victory celebration, Mubarak’s own tanks freeing his capital from his own dictatorship.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-egypt-death-throes-of-a-dictatorship-2198444.html
Egypt tests American will / Dale McFeatters
For 30 years, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been a staunch U.S. ally and, thanks to his predecessor’s willingness to make peace with Israel, one of the largest recipients of American aid. In that time, through increasingly corrupt elections, he has cemented his hold on power and hobbled the political opposition. The U.S. made only token protests as Mubarak chiseled away at basic political rights and imprisoned opponents. As the realpolitik saying goes, he may be an S.O.B., but he’s our S.O.B. Maybe not much longer.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/20110129egypt_tests_american_will/
Egyptian fighters jets
That was cute: in the skies of Egypt: Egyptian fighter jets flying high over the cities. Oh, yeah. The Egyptian Army should be proud of its bravery and history. For people of my generation, we only remember the sights of this lousy Army in its lousy performance against Israel. We remember them fleeing in droves from Sinai with their hands over their heads and we remember how some of the leaders of the Egyptian Army (people like Husni Mubarak) turned a potential victory against Israel in 1973 into a resounding defeat. Remember that 1973 was a resounding defeat and very humiliating. And when were those jets when Israel continues to threaten Egypt and other Arabs. And we know that Israel still occupies Sinai along with the US. Fighter jets over demonstrators? Can you imagine the outcry if this was done in Iran? The UN Security Council would have issued three resolutions by now.
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/01/egyptian-fighters-jets.html
Mubarak state TV
The scenario of the counter-revolution was all clear on Mubarak Nile TV yesterday. The TV was covering (like the Saudi media like Al-Arabiyya TV–the station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law) only the looting and destruction. Then, Mubarak TV opened up its lines and said that they were now allowing calls from around the world but that they would not allow any political talk but only about the “security of Egypt.” Of course, calls came in and said that only “security of Egypt” matters and nothing about the demands for political change. One of the calls almost said his name is “Jamal” and another almost said his name is “`Ala'”. I wrote this before: Egypt is not Tunisia in the sense that the US/Israel would fight tooth and nail to preserve the Mubarak regime. Oh, and the broadcasters on Mubarak TV kept saying that Aljazeera is spreading lies “about Egypt.”
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/01/mubarak-state-tv_30.html
Excitement
“There is so much excitement around the Arab world. On Facebook and Twitter you see Saudis congratulating Egyptians, Iranians contratulating Tunisians,” said Asad Abu’Khalil, a professor of political science at California State University Stanislaus. “A student at UC Davis just left everything and went to Egypt to join the revolution,” he said. “That’s the level of excitement.””
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/01/excitement.html
Haroon Moghul: 4 Reasons Why Egypt’s Revolution Is Not Islamic
Why isn’t Egypt’s revolution an Islamic one? Commentators are having a difficult time understanding the dynamics of the Arab world and the role of religion in this latest apparent revolution.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/haroon-moghul/4-reasons-why-egypts-revo_b_815848.html
Aljazeera won the day
The New York Times has been right about one thing: that Aljazeera is now on top. It is in ascension. It has defeated all potential rivals hands down. Not one channel is close. IT has such influence although it sometimes annoys me like when it put Tele-Islamist demagogue, `Amr Khalid on today. He claimed that he is with the youth. The man never spoke against Mubarak. He reminds me of those opportunists who distance themselves from the ancien regime in the last hour: like the Bin `Ali’s ambassador in UNESCO.
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2011/01/aljazeera-won-day.html
“We do not want to send any message about backing forward or backing back …”
“… Clinton avoided a question from CNN’s Candy Crowley on “American Morning” on whether the U.S. is beginning to back away from Mubarak. “[W]e do not want to send any message about backing forward or backing back,” she said. “What we’re trying to do is to help clear the air so that those who remain in power, starting with President Mubarak, with his new vice president, with the new prime minister, will begin a process of reaching out, of creating a dialogue that will bring in peaceful activists and representatives of civil society to, you know, plan a way forward that will meet the legitimate grievances of the Egyptian people. “ The Obama administration, while not calling for Mubarak to step down, appears set to continue pushing for additional concrete steps toward democracy, human rights and economic reform. Clinton made clear that the administration regards Saturday’s steps as a start — but inadequate. Instead, the American push is for a new round of elections – though officials continue to debate the ideal timetable – in which few believe Mubarak could run, much less win….”
http://friday-lunch-club.blogspot.com/2011/01/we-do-not-want-to-send-any-message.html
Dead-Enders on the Potomac
From the Editors, January 29, 2011, Every US administration has its mouthpiece in Washington’s think tank world, its courtier that will slavishly praise its every utterance. For the blessedly bygone Bush administration, that echo chamber was the American Enterprise Institute and the neo-conservative broadsheets in its orbit. For the Obama administration, it is the National Security Network, an operation founded in 2006 to bring “strategic focus to the progressive national security community.”
http://www.merip.org/mero/mero012911.html
Mubarak’s Options
If recent history is any indication, this is probably the conversation taking place in the Egyptian presidential palace right about now…
http://qifanabki.com/2011/01/29/mubaraks-options/
Rana Rizk: Impressions of Egypt From New York
Egypt was a black hole today with no light coming out. We have no access to any information regarding arrests and violence exerted by police on protesters.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rana-rizk/impressions-of-egypt-from_b_815866.html
Egypt’s Class Conflict, Juan Cole
On Sunday morning there was some sign of the Egyptian military taking on some security duties. Soldiers started arresting suspected looters, rounding up 450 of them. The disappearance of the police from the streets had led to a threat of widespread looting is now being redressed by the regular military. Other control methods were on display. The government definitively closed the Aljazeera offices in Cairo and withdrew the journalists’ license to report from there, according to tweets. (Aljazeera had not been able to broadcast directly from Cairo even before this move.) The channel, bases in Qatar, is viewed by President Hosni Mubarak as an attempt to undermine him.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/juancole/ymbn/~3/gM7GwkW1UTA/egypts-class-conflict.html
Cartoon: Freedom for the Egyptian People
http://mahjoob.com/en/archives/view.php?cartoonid=3315&Y=2011&M=01&sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4d458f0e5b4e2a1a,0
