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Feb. 18th, 2011 09:41 amMore Egyptian photos. How social media affected the protests.
Some of the mechanics of how the Egyptian revolution came about, including the use of social media. The part that cracked me up entirely (in what I will admit is a sort of dodgy way):
“The youth of the Muslim Brotherhood played a really big role,” Mr. Maher said. “But actually so did the soccer fans” of Egypt’s two leading teams. “These are always used to having confrontations with police at the stadiums,” he said.
Who knew soccer hooligans could play a valuable social role?
More to the point though:
The protesters — trying to stay true to the lessons they had learned from Gandhi, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gene Sharp — tried for a time to avoid retaliating. A row of men stood silent as rocks rained down on them. An older man told a younger one to put down his stick.
and
“When we saw people bringing their children to Tahrir Square, wanting to see history being made, we knew this was something different,” one official said.
Yes. When you've got families out on the streets demanding change - not just young men, but people of all ages and from across the board of society then you know you've got problems.
And the Arab world continues to rock. Bahrain, Libya, Yemen. More unrest in Iran, Jordan, Algeria and Syria.
Can Belgium's revolution be far behind? ;-)
Links from ObWi again: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - It Will And Has Been Tweeted".
Some of the mechanics of how the Egyptian revolution came about, including the use of social media. The part that cracked me up entirely (in what I will admit is a sort of dodgy way):
“The youth of the Muslim Brotherhood played a really big role,” Mr. Maher said. “But actually so did the soccer fans” of Egypt’s two leading teams. “These are always used to having confrontations with police at the stadiums,” he said.
Who knew soccer hooligans could play a valuable social role?
More to the point though:
The protesters — trying to stay true to the lessons they had learned from Gandhi, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gene Sharp — tried for a time to avoid retaliating. A row of men stood silent as rocks rained down on them. An older man told a younger one to put down his stick.
and
“When we saw people bringing their children to Tahrir Square, wanting to see history being made, we knew this was something different,” one official said.
Yes. When you've got families out on the streets demanding change - not just young men, but people of all ages and from across the board of society then you know you've got problems.
And the Arab world continues to rock. Bahrain, Libya, Yemen. More unrest in Iran, Jordan, Algeria and Syria.
Can Belgium's revolution be far behind? ;-)
Links from ObWi again: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - It Will And Has Been Tweeted".
