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‘A scandalous act’: The Harlem shake sees four arrested in Egypt
The four pharmaceutical students shocked residents of a middle class Cairo neighborhood when they removed most of their clothes and videotaped themselves performing the pelvis-thrusting dance, a police official said.
The hostile audience tried to assault the students, who are accused of committing “a scandalous act,” the official added.
AFP, Reuters, CNN reporting Hosni Mubarak “clinically dead” as of 5:25pm eastern time.
“keep it classy, Cairo. Back window of car on Corniche.” - @bencnn
8 P.M. (HBO2) IN TAHRIR SQUARE: 18 DAYS OF EGYPT’S UNFINISHED REVOLUTION
(2012) A year ago today, the filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill were in Cairo, capturing the sights and sounds of a protest that ultimately ended the 30-year regime of President Hosni Mubarak and helped ignite change in the Arab world. Their colleague Sharif Abdel Kouddous, an Egyptian-American journalist, led cameramen into Tahrir Square and provided accounts of the turmoil, in which nearly 850 people were killed. “Everyone is proud to be Egyptian today,” Mr. Kouddous said in an American news broadcast on Feb. 11, when it was announced that Mr. Mubarak would resign. “Everyone who fights for democracy and fights for freedom is Egyptian today, and stands with us.” - NYTimes
As Clashes Continue in Egypt, a Media War Breaks Out
On the third day of clashes between security forces and protesters in the center of the capital, a new battle broke out Sunday between Egypt’s state-run and independent media over whom to blame for the violence.
Read more —> NYTimes
This image, from the Reuters news agency, shows Egyptian army soldiers arresting a female protester during clashes at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Saturday.
Soldiers beat demonstrators with batons in a second day of clashes that have killed nine people and wounded more than 300.
Last week’s issue also caused considerable consternation among bloggers and readers, who objected to our putting the protests in Egypt inside our domestic edition and on the cover overseas. “Why is anxiety the most pressing issue in the U.S. while the Egyptian revolution gets front-page treatment internationally?” read a typical e-mail. Observers at ShortFormBlog analyzed a year’s worth of our covers and concluded each edition gets the same amount of hard news, give or take an issue or two. We’re glad to be held to high expectations, especially when the bar is set by one of our own editions.
Good on Time for directly responding to the controversy.
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“The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted” - stencil graffiti in Cairo. Photo courtesy of @RamyRaoof. - @acarvin
A car passes by a giant statue showing the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, second right, and defaced face of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, left, in 6th of October city, in Egypt on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, a day before Mubarak, his security chief Habib el-Adly and six top police officers will face trial, on charges they ordered the use of lethal force against protesters during Egypt’s 18-day uprising, in which some 850 protesters were killed. At second left is Egyptian Nobel prize winner Ahmed Zewail, and at right Egyptian novelist and Nobel Prize Winner Naguib Mahfouz. The arabic reads ” Mubarak.”
Thousands of Egyptian protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in the evening hours of July 8, 2011. The nationwide demonstrations were called to defend the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak and to show anger at the new military rulers’ slow pace of reforms. (Mohamed Hossam)
(via shortformblog)
In a much-hyped speech, President Obama said the U.S. would help Tunisia and Egypt enact democratic reforms by offering both countries new aid and investment. He also endorsed, more clearly than ever, the idea of establishing a Palestinian state along pre-1967 borders as a way to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As well, Obama denounced regimes in Libya, Syria, and Iran for using violence to silence demonstrators demanding greater freedom. Did the president spell out a brave new vision for U.S. policy in the Middle East, or merely make a lot of empty promises?
