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On the Ground in Egypt: The Joy Was Explosive

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On the Ground In Egypt: The Speech Ended and Tahrir Square Erupted

Posted 1 year, 3 months ago

The rumors started flying around Twitter at 6:00PM: Mubarak planned to speak, Mubarak would step down, the army was taking over. I ran out of the apartment and toward Tahrir Square, about a half a mile away. When I arrived the news hadn’t quite reached the thousands of protesters gathered…

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On the Ground in Egypt: Chants of “Down with Mubarak!” as Loud as Ever

Posted 1 year, 3 months ago

Life seemed to regain some level of normalcy throughout Cairo today as the protests against Hosni Mubarak come close to reaching the two-week mark. Traffic once again clogged main roads. Metal carts selling fuul, the Egyptian breakfast of mashed fava beans returned to their posts. Many of …

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On the Ground in Egypt: Checking In From Tahrir Square

Posted 1 year, 3 months ago

This morning I went to find some of my former colleagues at their office near downtown Cairo. In a taxi I passed through one army checkpoint and one civilian checkpoint manned by young men with kitchen knives. When I arrived at the office I found the door barricaded with the vending …

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