Mass-media: The African Revolutions - Cairo, Egypt

The 2011 Egyptian protests or the Youth Revolution, are a series of street demonstrations, protests, and civil disobedience acts that have been taking place in Egypt since Tuesday, January 25, 2011, with the organisers counting on the Tunisian uprising to inspire the crowds to mobilise. These protests are a part of the larger wave of protests throughout the Arab world that have consumed the region in late 2010 and early 2011. The demonstrations and riots were reported to have started over police brutality, state of emergency laws, unemployment, desire to raise the minimum wage, lack of housing, food inflation, corruption, lack of freedom of speech, and poor living conditions. Mohammed El-Baradei has said the protests should emulate that of Tunisia in which the president was ousted.. (Wikipedia)

How Egypt did (and how your government could) shut down the Internet
Ars Technica
After all, it seems unlikely that President Hosni Mubarak ordered the Internet to be shut down as he went to bed; such a decision must have been made ...

Could Egypt's ElBaradei Be A Hero Of The Revolution?
NPR
When Mohammed ElBaradei returned to Egypt last year after retiring from the top job at the International Atomic Energy Agency, many Western observers ...

The military and the media: Holding the cards in Egypt?
CNN International
As mass protests swept Egypt on Friday, the actions of two key institutions served as indicators for what lies ahead for the embattled regime: the military and the media.

Why Egypt protests unnerved the stock market today
Christian Science Monitor
Escalating Egypt protests are jarring the stock market today. By Ron Scherer, Staff writer / January 28, 2011 The rioting in Egypt unnerved Wall Street, ...

Is real democracy an option in Egypt?
Los Angeles Times
He was a young man in 1952 when army leaders deposed King Farouk in a coup d'etat and Egypt found itself suddenly ruled by Egyptians for the first time ...

White House: Egypt's Behavior May Affect Aid
CBS News
President Obama discusses the situation in Egypt with Vice President Joe Biden and the national security team during the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office

Egypt's telecommunications blackout crushes citizen journalism
BetaNews
Responding to widespread civil unrest, the government of Egypt on Thursday evening ordered all ...

Egypt's Mubarak dismisses cabinet, pledges reforms
MarketWatch 
His remarks followed a day of escalating violence in Egypt in which more than a dozen protesters were killed and over 1000 were wounded, according to news ...

Egypt fury topples government
Daily Star - Lebanon
Mubarak defended security forces' crackdown on protesters and called anti-government protests part of plot to destabilize Egypt and destroy the legitimacy ...

Egypt protests: President Mubarak dissolves parliament but refuses to step down
Telegraph.co.uk
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt sent the army in to contain rampaging mobs across Egypt's cities on Friday as he defiantly refused to stand down and emerge ...

Blogosphere

Dear Egypt!
Perez Hilton
There is no democracy in Egypt. And this might be the only way for him to leave so they can build a new and better country where people can have decent jobs, more money and a decent place to live! ...

How Egypt Turned Off the Internet
Kyle VanHemert
Yesterday, something unprecedented happened: Egypt turned off the internet. A nation of 80000000 instantly disconnected. So how'd they do it?

The Egypt Protests
TotallyCoolPix
And to stop people from finding out about the police brutality which has been going on for decades, as can be read in the Wikileaks Egypt Cables released today. It takes brave, or desperate, people to stand up to people ...

Egypt
Tyler Cowen
You gave me Greece a few years ago before I went on a trip there; I was thinking I'd ask for Egypt before an upcoming trip. Though I'm not sure what the chances are of Egpyt being a good place to go this summer. ...

Egypt's protests erupt
Evan Hill
From our headquarters in Doha, we'll keep you updated on Egypt's anti-government protests, with reporting from Al Jazeera staff in Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez. Thousands of Egyptians have taken to the streets throughout ...

Egypt in flames: Ruling party's headquarters burning in Cairo ...
Allahpundit
Egypt in flames: Ruling party's headquarters burning in Cairo after massive protests; Update: Hillary calls for restraint.

Egypt Revolution: Inside a Cairo Street Protest
Ursula Lindsey
In the Egyptian capital, demonstrators are defying President Mubarak's curfew and fighting police. Ursula Lindsey joined a group of young protesters Friday and reports on the dramatic scenes.

Tweets From The Ground In Egypt
The Huffington Post News Editors
Cairo is burning, and the government has virtually cut off the internet. Pressure is mounting on President Hosni Mubarak as the biggest protests yet were held in Egypt on Friday.

WikiLeaks Spurs On Protests By Releasing New Egypt Corruption Cables
Gus Lubin
Torture and police brutality in Egypt are endemic and widespread. The police use brutal methods mostly against common criminals to extract confessions, but also against demonstrators, certain political prisoners and ...

Egypt on the Brink of Revolution
Hamilton Nolan
Things are moving quickly in Egypt today. Street protests have consumed Cairo and other major cities, and the army's been called out to quell them. A quick roundup of the latest news, below.