Help Translate CairoKee’s song ‘Ya El Medan’ to 20 languages in 7 days
CairoKee’s latest music video ‘Ya El Medan’ has hit a cord with me and with many Egyptians as it quickly became a viral video on YouTube and the social networks. The lyrics of…
A new Egyptian persona
Egyptians have changed, and the new persona is making me quite apprehensive. During a football match, the Ahly Ultras, fans of the Ahli football team, holds a huge, repulsive banner where the Minister of Media is called by the worst Egyptian insult—an insult that usually gets Egyptians fuming. Result: Osama…
Brotherhood, Salafis and Sufis wage electronic war ahead of elections
By Osama el-Mahdy and Hany ElWaziry, via Almasry Alyoum Facebook has turned into an electronic battlefield for the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis and Sufis campaigning for seats in the upcoming parliamentary elections, as they increasingly criticize each other and promote their own candidates on the popular social network. Sufis have quoted…
Nine ways to use Twitter responsibly
Via NewsBlog by Alexander Svensson This piece was written after the London riots. It is very applicable today. Twitter has been awash with rumour, as well as useful information. Photograph: Iain Masterton / Alamy As the riots spread across London and the rest of the country over the last few…
Online Protest Against Egypt’s Military Trials for Civilians #NoMilTrials
Join today’s online protest against Egypt’s military trials for civilians. The idea is simple, visit the following Facebook pages and make your voice heard by commenting your dissatisfaction: 10:00 – 10:15pm : Supreme…
Ousting Mubarak, from Westwood
by Colin Kielty John Scott-Railton is a doctoral student at UCLA’s School of Public Affairs—where he spends virtually all of his spare time running a Twitter page dedicated to airing voices from the protests that broke out across Egypt on January 25th. Using a Blackberry and his laptop microphone, Railton…
Joichi Ito: Arab Unrest Altered Social Media’s Image
Knowledge@Wharton had a very interesting Q & A with Joichi Ito, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab. Joichi reflects on his time in the Arab world, and the role social…
Asmaa Mahfouz: Did I Tweet Too Much?
Asmaa Mahfouz was summoned today by the Egyptian Military Prosecution for a tweet posted on her account in Arabic saying: If the judiciary does not get us our rights, don’t be upset if…


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