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A Nile Lesson for the World: Protests Spread Across the Region
The rioters in Cairo's Tahrir Square and the Western commentators on those riots have both missed a vitally important component of Egypt's miseries: its excessive and rapidly rising population. With such population growth, even the wisest Egyptian ruler, the great Ptah-hotep, could not have achieved a rapid rise in the living standards of Egypt's people. We should not mock; if this problem is not attacked seriously and rapidly on a global scale, the world of the 22nd century may bear all too great a resemblance to today's downtown Cairo. - Martin Hutchinson, Asia Times (h/t kossack elliott)
Inspired by the events in Egypt and Tunisia, protests spread to Algeria, Bahrain, Yemen, Palestine, and Iran in the days following Egypt's successful revolution. Weasel sums up the events in News Clips from a Turbulent Middle East. His assessment:
Massive and violent protests are shaking the governments of Yemen and Bahrain. Algeria as well is shaky. Major protests are occurring in Iran, with two protesters killed, but it is not clear they are threatening the government yet. The Palestinian Authority is reeling, with its negotiating team and cabinet being forced to resign and new elections being called (so far Hamas has not agreed). Meanwhile, pressure builds in both Libya and Jordan for major reforms or revolution.
Weasel has generously shared a comprehensive list of links to news sources on these developments published on February 15th. He has also published a February 16th updated version, and links have been added below. Please visit his diary and leave a tip and a rec for his valuable contribution. Additional links are being added here as they appear.
Overview Articles from the BBC
BBC Country Index of Middle East Protests - Notably missing are Iraq and Palestine
BBC Liveblog: Middle East Protests
Bahrain
2/16
Protesters continue to hold Pearl Square. Some reports suggest that police have backed off after their attacks, which killed two, only enraged the protesters further.
Al Jazeera Liveblog: Bahrain
Protests continue for third day in Bahrain
Deaths galvanize Bahrain protesters
Bahrain square new center for Arab anger
Bahrain protesters step up pressure on rulers
Unspeakable's diary, Adalah: Bahrain's March to Democracy as part of the dk4 Adalah group provides historical context.
Juan Cole's Bahrain: US Naval Base or Iranian Asset?
Nicholas Kristof arrived in Bahrain yesterday and is tweeting:
Just interviewed the foreign minister here in #Bahrain. He acknowledges that killing protesters was catastrophic.
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Some people here in #Bahrain have Internet, albeit slow. The Sheraton has none. Govt denies it has slowed it down. I'm on sat phone.
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I'm tweeting on a satellite phone. Some Bahrainis have very slow access to Inernet. My hotel has none at all.
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Amazing that a banking ctr like #Bahrain blocks Internet to suppress protests. Never thought I'd use a sat phone here.
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Large numbers of women protesting here in #Bahrain. They're chanting things like: Down with the regime!
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At hospital in #Bahrain: funeral beginning for protester killed yesterday. Large, angry crowd. Police holding back.
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Here in #Bahrain, newspaper lede headline is: "His Majesty's Speech Hailed." Dictators always overdo it.
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#Bahrain 's Pearl Sq looks like Tahrir Square all over again. Police gathered in force but standing back for now.
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I'm on Pearl Square in Bahrain. Thousands here, demanding democracy. Many want the king out.
19 hours ago
2/15
The BBC reported yesterday:
As protests continue in the tiny gulf state of Bahrain, home to the US Fifth Fleet, the Americans and Saudi Arabia are monitoring events there very closely.
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The result on Monday was sporadic protests in Shia villages across the island and attempts to create a "Tahrir Square movement" in downtown Manama, the capital.
Footage shot by protesters and posted on the internet shows riot police attacking peaceful demonstrators with tear gas and rubber bullets.
Thus far, the government is continuing to respond with harsh tactics. Dozens of protesters have been wounded and two killed.
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Journalist Reem Khalifa, a senior editor with the Bahraini newspaper Al Wasat, says this time the protests are different.
"Young Sunni and Shia are marching together and they are shouting 'neither Sunni nor Shia but Bahraini'. We have not seen this before,'" she says.
She adds that women are much more involved in the protests. One reason is that they are less likely to be manhandled by the security forces.
Even so, Ms Khalifa says she saw one woman who had approached a security line with a Bahraini flag being roughed up.
The security police are largely non-Bahraini. They are Sunni Muslims recruited from Pakistan, Yemen, Syria and Jordan.
Fast-tracked to citizenship and given preferential treatment, they are infuriating protesters.
Meanwhile, American president Barack Obama may have another headache on his Middle East plate. The Fifth Fleet is seen as a bulwark against the rising threat of Iran.
As in Egypt, US policy has been to ignore the often legitimate grievances of Bahrainis in favour of stability and support for a repressive regime.
But if these protests transcend the sectarian divide and the Bahraini government responds with ever more brutal tactics, Washington will be put in a very difficult place - to support the government will be to deny the democratic aspirations of yet another Arab nation.
And Saudi Arabia is even more nervous - a causeway links the kingdom to Bahrain.
(h/t amk for obama)
Bahrain protesters take control of main square
Bahrain’s Shiite Protesters Demand Democracy as Unrest Spreads
Factbox: Demands of Bahrain's protesters
Protests Boil Over In Bahrain After Violence
I don’t consider this report verified, but Iranian state media is reporting that 'Saudi Arabia sending troops to Bahrain'
Libya
2/16
Protests are scheduled for tomorrow, but they appear to have broken out last night in Benghazi. Benghazi is Libya’s second largest city, but it is far from Gaddafi’s power base in Tripoli and historically a center of discontent with his regime.
Opposition Protests Reportedly Spread To Libya
The Libyan demonstration in the port city of Benghazi began Tuesday and lasted until the early hours Wednesday, according to eyewitnesses and Ashur Shamis, a Libyan opposition activist in London… demonstrators marched on a local government office, some wielding rocks and gasoline bombs, demanding the release of a human rights activist and regime critic. The paper says at least 14 people were injured.
Libyans clash with police over detained lawyer, source says
Libya to free 110 jailed Islamists: NGO
Libya was on Wednesday to release 110 jailed Islamists of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, bringing to 360 the number of political detainees freed since last March, a rights group said.
Meteor Blades' Open Thread for Night Owls focused on Libya . He writes that hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Benghazi, Libya, Tuesday, two days ahead of expected demonstrations commemorating the killing by police of 18 protesters in the city on Feb. 17, 2006. That Thursday protest - a "Day of Rage" - was called by the National Conference for the Libyan Opposition and assorted other Libyan dissident groups seeking an end to Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year rule.
@marwame tweets:
marwame Marwa Elnaggar
RT @libyanbentbladi: April 6th, 1985, #Qaddafi death squads kill #Libya dissident Jebril Denali in Bonn, Germany.
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marwame Marwa Elnaggar
@mubaraketganen it appears that Gaddafi uses the extreme edition
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marwame Marwa Elnaggar
RT @mohamedmesrati: Help Libyans tomorrow #feb17. protest near Libyan embassy in London. Nearest station is #hydeparkcorner #libya
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@changeinlibya he's probably the author of the "extreme" version of the manual. "Dictatorship & Oppression 101 - The new, extreme edition"
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@ambroseanddogii ROFL. Love this suggestion.
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RT @madani70: Guardian on Libya: social networking sites and al-Jazeera are now reportedly back online again in #Libya #feb17
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2/15
Libyan Leader Gaddafi to Face 'Day of Rage' – Report - “The National Conference for the Libyan Opposition has stated that all groups opposed to Muammar Gaddafi in Libya and in exile plan protests on February 17, in memory of demonstrations in Benghazi on the same date in 2006.”
Algeria
2/16
There do not currently appear to be protests going on, but: Algerian activists to keep heat on regime leaders 'until they fall'
2/15
Algeria Shuts Down Internet And Facebook
Egyptdomino effect: state of emergency in Algeria 'to end within days'
Algeria unrest: Akbou protesters clash with police
Iraq
2/16
Tensions high in Kurdish Iraq (h/t soysauce)
Violence erupts during anti-government protests in southern Iraq city
Protesters seized control of a key government building in the southern Iraq city of Kut… The violence erupted after guards protecting the government headquarters of Wasit province opened fire on the demonstrators, killing one, wounding 27,
Three killed, dozens injured in Iraqi protests
Three people were killed and dozens wounded in the southern city of Kut on Wednesday as Iraqis demanding better basic services fought with police and torched government buildings, hospital and police sources said.
Around 2,000 people took to the streets in Kut, throwing bricks and stones at Iraqi security forces.
Iraq protesters demand jobs in countrywide rallies
2/15
Iraq protests spread
Iran
2/16
Pro-, anti-govt supporters clash at Tehran funeral
Morning Brief: Violence erupts at public funerals in Iran, Bahrain
Tweets from Iran
All roads to Vali-Asr/Enqelab crossing are blocked. Basijis are taking over Arts uni
Students at TEHRAN ART uni:: TRAPPED IN KARBORDI HALL, BASIJIS ARE BEATING US, THEY ARE ARMED, HELP US
minutes ago via web
NOW 1000s protesting in #Tehran against #Mousavi and #Karroubi in funeral of Zhaleh the martyr
Be careful on the pictures in the ppl clothes. hypocrite media is showing last yr pix as new news and picture. It's Cold in #Iran
The media is using clips of protests from previous years, protests that were apparently during warmer weather and smaller. (h/t MartyM)
2/15
Two Deaths reported in Iran protest
US backs Iran protests as government calls for executions
Iran Protest Pictures
Israel
2/16
Egypt delays gas supply, again
Egypt has been Israel's main gas supplier since 2007, accounting for 20% of the total electricity production in the state. Due to an agreement signed in 2005, Egypt has been supplying the gas at much lower rates than those of the global market.
But an Egyptian court ruled recently that the agreement must be reworked to allow for steeper costs. Following the overturning of the Mubarak government and his resignation, opposition forces have called on the new regime to honor the decision.
Jordan
2/16
Jordan tribesmen block airport road in land protest
The demonstration on Tuesday night saw more than 500 people of the Bani Sakhr tribe, one of the largest in Jordan, staging a sit-in on the main road leading to the international airport, south of the capital, he said.
Jordan justice minister: Israel is a terrorist state
Excellent background analysis at: Five Questions on Jordan
2/15
Jordanian tribes repeat criticism of Queen Rania
Jordan to ease protest restrictions
Jordan: King's Bodyguards Shoot Protesters
Malawi
2/15
Malawi: Civil Society Warns of More Fuel Crisis Protests
Morocco
2/16
Demonstration against monarchy in Morocco and Bahrain
A group of bloggers, who called themselves "Moroccan movement of 20 February" call for protests to fix what they call the ten mistakes of King Mohamed VI.
2/15
Morocco boosts 2011 subsidies amid regional unrest
Palestine
2/15
PA shakeup as cabinet resigns
Lead negotiator Erekat resigns
Turan: Azerbaijan recognizes State of Palestine?
Saudi Arabia
2/15
Saudi activists and scholars in discussion to form political party
Sudan
2/15
Sudan arrests five students at campus demo
Syria
2/16
Syrian rights activist freed after hunger strike
Assad cousin warns Syria
A cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad living in exile warned Wednesday that the Syrian government must enact democratic reforms or face the "chaos" sweeping other Arab countries.
"Change or be changed," said Ribal al-Assad, head of the London-based Organisation for Democracy and Freedom in Syria.
2/15
Teenage blogger sentenced to five years
Yemen
2/16
UPDATE: Second Yemen Protester Dies From Wounds - Official
Protesters in Yemen defiant despite clashes
Police tried to disperse the demonstrators using tear gas, batons and stun guns, but about 3,000 defiantly continued their march from the capital Sanaa's university toward the city centre, chanting slogans against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, including "Down with the president's thugs!"
Police Try to End Clashes in Yemen
Large numbers of police officers took up positions around the capital here on Wednesday in an attempt to end six days of running street battles between small groups of pro- and antigovernment protesters.
Thousands of police confront protesters in Yemen
Iranian state-run media claims that Two protesters killed in Yemen
2/15
Protests Swell in Yemen
Protests in Bahrain, Yemen Beset by Violence
Anti-government demonstrators clash with Yemeni president's supporters in Sanaa
Additional commentary and updates can be found in the
current sub-diary.
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BRAVO EGYPT!
Current Developments Regarding Egypt's Upcoming Elections
2/15
The Muslim Brotherhood announces it will seek political party status but will not present a candidate for president. The Brotherhood "envisions the establishment of a democratic, civil state that draws on universal measures of freedom and justice, with central Islamic values serving all Egyptians regardless of colour, creed, political trend or religion," it said in the statement.CNN Video (h/t Lefty Coaster)
2/13
Amr Moussa, former Foreign Minister and president of the Arab League of Nations, announces he will run for president.
Ayman Nour, who ran for president in 2005 and was imprisoned for five months after, announces his candidacy for president. Nour was also the subject of an assassination attempt on 2/14 in Luxor when a police officer loyal to Mubarak was stopped from stabbing him with a knife.
Omar Suleiman, who was named by Mubarak as his first vice president in response to the protests, announces he will not run for president.
The Egyptian Revolution
On February 11th, former president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak stepped down and turned over control of the country to the military. As angry and determined protesters gathered en masse outside of presidential palaces throughout the country, in front of the state TV station, at the gates of the parliament building, and, of course, in Tahrir Square, the secretary general of the National Democratic Party and other party leaders resigned, and a country-wide general strike appeared likely to shut down Egypt, the military removed Mubarak and his family from the presidential palace in Cairo. Egyptians celebrated across the country and the world. We are all so proud of the Egyptian pro-democracy protesters and what they accomplished through peaceful demonstration. Surely there is considerable work ahead, but the Egyptian spirit shining though in this video makes it all seem possible.
There is also a great collection of celebratory photos here.
Remembering the Martyrs
Even while it celebrated on Friday and cleaned its streets on Saturday, Egypt has not forgotten its martyrs.
(h/t Simone Daud)
The Egyptian military has thus far met two of the pro-democracy protesters' demands: to remove Mubarak from power and dissolve Parliament. It has also suspended the constitution and will run the country for six months, or until presidential and parliament elections can be held. Eight activists, including Wael Ghonim, blogger Amr Salamahey, and seminal female activist Asmaa Mahfouz, met with General Mahmud Hegazy and General Abdel Fattah, two members of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and reported that that the military intends to write amendments to the constitution within ten days and submit them for referendum within two months. Retired judge Tareq al-Bishry , considered to be an independent thinker, has been asked by the military to head the committee on constitutional amendment.
However, the military has not met one of the protesters' key demands to remove the thirty year old state of emergency decree, nor has it released all of Egypt's political prisoners. A list of missing protesters has been compiled with a current total of 44 still missing. The protesters announced on Sunday that there will be another million man Victory March this coming Friday to ensure progress towards their goal of a civilian led, democratic government. Meanwhile, Reuters reported that "an army source said military authorities would issue an order on Monday that would ban meetings by labor unions or professional syndicates, effectively forbidding strikes, and would tell all Egyptians to get back to work." There will also be a warning "against those who create 'chaos and disorder,'" although the army would acknowledge "the right to protest." In the international arena, the military reaffirmed Egypt's commitment to uphold treaties to which it is signator. Presidential candidates Amr Moussa and Ayman Nour are in favor of dismantling the Camp David agreement. Meanwhile,
with Israel's consent Egypt moves more troops to Sinai.
Egypt Statement: Coalition of youth of the revolution Feb 6th, 2011
Fellow great Egyptian citizens ... We are your daughters, your brothers and sisters who are protesting in Tahrir square and other squares of Egypt, [and we] promise you not to go back to our homes until the demands of your great revolution are realized.
Millions have gone out to overthrow the regime, and so the matter goes beyond figures in particular to the whole administration of the Egyptian state, which was transformed from a servant of the people to a master of them.
We have heard the president’s disappointing speech. And really someone who has killed more than 300 youths, kidnapped and injured thousands more is not entitled to brag about past glories. Nor are his followers entitled to talk about the President’s dignity, because the dignity [of] life and security of the Egyptian people is far more valuable than any single person’s dignity no matter how high a position he holds.
Our people [have] live[d] though tragedy for a week now, since Mubarak’s regime practiced a siege against us, releasing criminals and outlaws to terrorize us, imposing a curfew, stopping public transportation, closing banks, cutting off communications and shutting down the Internet. But if it was not for the courage of Egyptian youths who stayed up nights in the People’s Committees it would have been a terrible tragedy.
We want this crisis to end as soon as possible and for our lives and our families’ lives to get back to normal, but we do not trust Hosni Mubarak in leading the transitional period. He is the same person, who refused over the past 30 years any real political and economic reforms, and he hired criminals to attack Tahrir square and the peaceful demonstrators there, killing dozens and injuring thousands – including women, elderly and children.
Also, we will not allow the corrupt to remain in charge of the state institutions; therefore, we will continue our sit-in until the following demands are realized:
1 – The resignation of the President, and by the way, this does not contradict the peaceful transition of power nor the current Constitution, which allows and organizes this process.
2 – The immediate lifting of the state of emergency and releasing all freedoms and putting an immediate stop to the humiliation and torture that takes place in police stations
3 – The immediate dissolving of both the Parliamentand Shura Council.
4 – Forming a national unity government that political forces agree upon, which manages the processes of constitutional and political reform.
5 – Forming a judicial committee with the participation of some figures from local human rights organizations to investigate the perpetrators of the collapse of [the] state of security this past week and the murder and injury of thousands of our people.
6 – Military in charge of protecting peaceful protesters from thugs and criminals affiliated with the corrupt regime and ensuring the safety of medical and nutritional convoys to civilians.
7 – The immediate release of all political detainees and, in the forefront, our colleague Wael Ghoneim.
* This is a statement from the coalition of youth.
Workers Throughout Egypt Continue to Strike
Inspired by the Tahrir Square protests, employees organized strikes throughout Egypt last week. On Tuesday, February 8th, an estimated 6000 service workers on Suez went on strike and were later joined by unions spread across many industries, both labor and professional. Their demands ranged from political issues to workers rights and wage increases. Although not all called specifically for Mubarak to step down, the strikes threatened to shut down the country and contributed substantially to the human rights message. Many workers, including state laborers, continue to strike this week. The police surprised everyone by striking and being granted a salary increase doubling their pay.
A quick rundown of last week's strikers includes: 500 employees outside the headquarters of the state-owned Rose al-Youssef newspaper and magazine; 200 journalists at the Journalists' Syndicate in downtown Cairo, around 500 print-shop employees at Al-Ahram newspaper; an estimated 5000 employees of the state-owned telecommunications giant, Telecom Egypt; over 100 workers at the state-owned Kafr al-Dawwar Silk Company and over 500 at the state-owned Kafr al-Dawwar Textile Company; approximately 4000 workers from the Coke Coal and Basic Chemicals company in Helwan; around 2000 workers from Helwan Silk Factory; in the Nile Delta City of Mahalla, some 1500 workers at the private-sector Abul Sebae Textile Company; some 2000 workers and employees of the Sigma Pharmaceuticals company; in Mahalla, Gharbiya, hundreds of workers from the Mahalla spinning company; more than 1500 workers at Kafr al-Zayyat hospital, also in Gharbiya; in Suez, more than 400 workers from the Misr National Steel company. More details regarding their demands are available in an Al Masry Al Youhm article (H/T under the bodi tree). Update: Railroad workers, bus drivers, doctors and lawyers join the strikers later in the week.
Wael Ghonim and Egypt's New Age Revolution
"60 Minutes" Talks To The Man Who Has Emerged As The Symbol of Egypt's Revolution
February 13, 2011 - This Sunday night, for the first time in more than two weeks, traffic is flowing through Cairo's Tahrir Square. In Egypt, businesses are open, university classes are back in session and a new military government rules with popular support and a promise of coming democracy.
Egypt is an ancient civilization with a youthful population - nearly two-thirds of them are 30 years old or under. Many of them are educated but unemployed and angry.
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Smith: President Obama came out several times during the revolution, had things to say. Did it help? Did it hurt?
Ghonim: You know, it was good that he supports the revolution. That's a good stand. But we don't really need him. And I don't think that....I wrote a tweet. I wrote, 'Dear Western governments. You have been supporting the regime that was oppressing us for 30 years. Please don't get involved now. We don't need you.'
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Smith: Do you think Mubarak will be brought to trial?
Ghonim: At the moment, I don't care. Revenge is not the thing I want. For me, what I care about right now, I want all the money of the Egyptian people to come back. There are billions and billions of dollars that were stolen out of this country. You cannot imagine the amount of corruption that was here. You know, with all these people in power, with all this conflict of interest. And, you know, it's time for them to pay the price. And it's, as I said, revenge is not my goal, personally. You know, others would have that as their goal. And I don't blame them for that. But for me, what is more important, we want the money back. Because this money belongs to the Egyptians, and they deserve it. The people who were eating from the trash, that was their money. {continued} (h/t Jim Staro)
Wael Ghonim Inspires Largest Protest Yet on 2/8 After His Release
Ghonim, the Google executive who started the revolution when he founded the FaceBook page "We are all Khaled Said" was released on February 7th after a ten-day detention during which he was kept blindfolded. Immediately after being released he gave an intensely moving interview on Egyptian television which can be viewed in three parts below. You can also watch Ghonim's February 9th interview with CNN here. Most importantly, Ghonim reminds us that he is just one of hundreds, maybe thousands, of other political prisoners in Egypt who must be released.
The protests on February 8th, in response to Ghonim's release, were the largest yet. Scarce published a diary of phenomenal photos of the Tahrir Square February 8th protest. Spirits were high and protesters revealed the legendary Egyptian sense of humour. Unspeakable shares a few highlights of protesters mocking Suleiman's accusations that they are foreign agents. On the 8th protesters expanded their encampment to the Parliament building, professors from Cairo University marched on Parliament Street, 6000 service workers went on strike in Suez, and state media workers are reportedly organizing a strike. They will march to the presidential palace on Friday.
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NEWS SOURCES
Recommended Video Feeds:
Live Video Feed from Al Jazeera here
For those of you with a Roku set-top box, you can now apparently access Al-Jazeera English on your TV.
Recommended News Sources for Bahrain:
Al Jazeera Liveblog (h/t jlynne)
Global Voices (h/t jlynne)
Recommended News Sources for Iran:
Tehran Bureau was a great source of news during the Green uprising and is a network of independent journalists. It started out as a blog run by an Iranian-American woman in Boston and is now connected with Frontline. Tehran Bureau is a "virtual" bureau connecting journalists, Iran experts, and readers all over the world. While serious independent journalism remains nearly impossible in Iran -- and no Western news organization has operated a bureau there in more than a generation -- Tehran Bureau is committed to adding original reporting, comment, and essay on one of the most important stories in the world. Tehran Bureau is an independent news organization. It is not affiliated with or funded by any government, religious organization, political party, lobby or interest group. Kelly Golnoush Niknejad, the editor-in-chief, founded Tehran Bureau in November, 2008. In September, 2009, the site entered into an editorial partnership with FRONTLINE, the PBS public affairs series.
Recommended News Sources for Libya:
Map of protests in Libya created by one of the Libyan protesters who is collecting data from tweets from protesters.
Recommended Twitter Feeds for Algeria:
@themoornextdoor
@jilliancyork
Recommended Twitter Feeds for Bahrain:
@JustAmira (reporting from Manama, responsible for @globalvoices coverage of MENA)
@Kristof
Recommended Twitter Feeds for Egypt:
@sharifkouddous
@monasosh
@ioerror
@ElBaradei
@SultanAlQassemi
@evanchill
@glcarlstrom
@nolanjazeera
@3arabawy
@shadihamid
@bencnn
@arabist
@speaktotweet: Egyptian Voice Tweets on Twitter
opendna has posted a powerful twitter streaming tool which allows you to stream #jan25 and 'egypt' twitter feeds. Highly recommended.
Recommended Twitter Feeds for Iran:
@Iran09
@ahmedmusavi
@behzad77
Recommended Twitter Feeds for Libya:
@marwame
@EnoughGaddafi
@ShababLibya Libya LibyanYouthMovement
@Gheblawi
@Cyrenaican
@DJMeddi
@Libyan4Life
@Tripolitanian
@ShababLibya
@Arasmus
@ChangeInLibya
@senoDizzy
@ibnthabit
Recommended News Streams:
The Guardian - Protests in Egypt Live Updates
The New York Times Lede blog
BBC - Egypt Live Coverage
New York Times Lede blog
simone daud has a new regularly-updated news feed Arab Sources (3rd February) from Arabic sources (mostly RNN and MB forums). Additionally, there are several other Arabic speaking Kossacks: soysauce, unspeakable, sortalikenathan, and fire bad tree pretty, that can help in translations or give context not necessarily being presented in English-language media. If anyone else can help with translations please let people know in comments.
weasel has a great diary series tracking uprisings and news from across the Middle East and North Africa
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In-Depth Blog Posts or News Articles:
If you leave a link in a comment below the tip jar, we'll add them here.
The siege of Bahrain in Foreign Policy by Toby C. Jones (h/t soysauce)
Euro News Report on Libya
Juan Cole at Informed Comment is doing excellent reporting and analysis on Iran, Bahrain, and Yemen.
Wael Ghonim, speaking with Harry Smith in an interview for "60 Minutes." (CBS) via Jim Staro
Claiming consensus: Omar Suleiman promises to hold protesters accountable via cotterperson
Google Goes Rebel, Supports Egyptian Protests via cotterperson
Richard Lyon has written The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt providing historical and political context.
Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Internet, Wired's guide to reconnecting.
Juan Cole's background analysis of the causes of Egypt’s Class Conflict, posted on 01/30/2011, is one of the most important articles for Americans to read right now, per NBBooks.
Mondoweiss has a series of posts on Egypt.
Boing Boing's own posts and their Egypt news roundup
The Angry Arab News Service (As'ad Abu Khalil) has ongoing insights/commentary and a broad network of contacts in the Arab world (h/t sofia).
links to multimedia (videos and stuff) of Egypt protests
Salon article on the Mubarak regime's lobbyists
I applaud this Washington Post editorial.
Don't Fear the Muslim Brotherhood by the Brookings Institution (h/t bicycle Hussein paladin).
Teacher's Lounge: Teaching Cairo by annetteboardman (if enough teachers want to suggest lessons or teaching methods on this, I'll add a new section for teaching resources/suggestions)
The Arabist; Egyptian journalist, Iskandr El Amrani's blog (h/t soysauce)
alMasr Al-Youm:; Independent Egyptian media considered the most important outlet in Egypt; Arabic with English co-site. (h/t soysauce]
Latest Egyptian Antiquities News Kossack Thutmose V is tracking the story around the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.
Sharif Kouddous of DemocracyNow is in Egypt.
Global Guerillas USAF Intel, John Robb's blog who is covering the situation. h/t G2geek
NYTimes blog The Lede h/t fladem
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Many Kossaks have been covering this developing story. Here's a listing of the diaries posted since the events in Egypt started to unfold (Tuesday, January 25, 2011). Please check them out.
2/16
Middle East News Clips weasel
Meteor Blades
How and Why the Egyptian People-Power Revolution Succeeded RandomNonviolence
2/15
News Clips from a Turbulent Middle East weasel
Adalah: Bahrain's March to Democracy unspeakable
2/14
Resistance spreads in Iran, Yemen, Bahrain, Algeria, Libya Meteor Blades
Egypt's Military, Inc. -- It all makes sense now Cedwyn
2/11
UPDATE: Egypt's Mubarak Has Resigned! - The Mubarak Screw Up & the Suleiman Danger Clay Claiborne
2/10
Egypt Revolution 2.0 scarce
Adalah: Israel in a changing Middle East weasel
Egypt Protesters' Victory? Watch Four Demands Robert Naiman
Mom, Apple Pie, and the Egyptian Revolution Ralph Lopez
It's About the EGYPTIAN PEOPLE, Not Obama or Pie Fights betson08
Finally...Prez Obama's Clear Statement on Egypt betson08
BREAKING: Mubarak is Defiant Clay Claiborne
2/9
The Google Search for Wael Ghonim Clay Claiborne
2/8
Tahrir scarce (wonderful photo diary of February 8th)
Our Man in Cairo - The Bush?Iraq War Link david mizner
Arab Sources (8th of February) Simone Daud
2/7
Tunisia's Revolution Continues Clay Claiborne
2/6
U.S. Financed Egyptian Military Orchestrating Attacks on Protesters Ralph Lopez
UPDATE: Google Goes Rebel, Supports Egyptian Protest Clay Claiborne
2/5
Egyptian Secret Police Taking Journalists kck
Tunisian Anonymous activists take on Egyptian cause Clay Claiborne
2/4
Mubarak's Plan to Exploit Coming Chaos,5,000 Injured Ralph Lopez
Reset: USA, Muslim Bros Step To Accommodate Robert Naiman
Protesters roar back with "Day of Departure" for Mubarak Clay Claiborne
2/3
Pogrom in Cairo - Where was Obama? Robert Naiman
The Revenge of Milo Minderbinder; gjohnsit
Act Now to Stop Mubarak's Thugs From Killing More! w Petition Clay Claiborne
2/2
My Cairo; sortalikenathan
Act Now to Stop Mubarak's Thugs From Killing More! Clay Claiborne
2/1
Profiting from Egyptian Hunger & Failure of US's stability centric Foreign Policy; Lefty Coaster
Wikileaks Thread 52 :Mubarak as not open to reforms or freedoms); cedar park
Egypt: One Evacuee’s Story ; CJB ‘s sister
President Obama’s statement on uprising in Egypt; Barbara Morrill
Breaking: Mubarak to Leave by Fall (Updated 3X); fladem
Must-Read: Kristof Reports From Cairo ; david mizner
Profiting from Egyptian Hunger & Failure of US stability-centric foreign policy ; Lefty Coaster
Egyptian Protesters May Be Being Provoked; Ubiquitous A
To the people of Egypt—A Message of Solidarity ; Jonathan Smucker
The REALLY Scary Thing about the Egyptian Revolution – Update; Granny Doc
It's a Lose-Lose for Obama Unless He Suspends Mubarak's Military Aid Now ; Ralph Lopez
Arab Sources (1st of February); simone daud
Sharif Kouddous from DemocracyNow Live in Cairo Now; Harfang des Neiges
They Should Have Helped That Street Vendor Clay Claiborne
1/31
LA Times: White House Preparing for Post-Mubarak Era fladem
Million Egyptian Protest Planned as Resistance Continues Clay Claiborne
1/30
Egypt: A season for joy & of exile for fear; Catilinus
Elbaradei: "I would advise him to leave today" US calls for an "orderly transition"; Lefty Coaster
Huffington Post Disses the Jasmine Revolution Redux; Clay Claiborne
What happened to antiquities in Iraq is happening in places in Egypt; annette boardman
Revolution! Egypt, Saudia Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, updates on widespread protests.; OllieGarkey
Opposition Groups Unite Behind ElBaradei; David Mizner
My Daughter Told to Evacuate Egypt; Bendygirl
ElBaradei, Muslim Brotherhood Offer Path Out of Egypt Confrontation; Robert Naiman
Arab Sources (30th January); Simone Daud (Current translations from Arabic media)
Same Folks Who Lied Us into Iraq Now Lying about Muslim Brotherhood; Phoenix Woman
1/29
Latest Egyptian Antiquities News; Thutmose V
We are all Khalid Saeed; Garret
Wikileaks Informationthread 49: Omar Suleiman And Etc.; cedar park
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R) gets it completely wrong on Egypt.; Patience John (because this is what the Egyptian people are ALSO up against.)
Egypt, Jordan, and Fear Based US Foreign Policy; Edger
Egypt: What happens next?; JackMcCullough
US Secretly Backed Egypt Protest Leaders For 3 Years; Mets102
Egypt: Democracy not Made in America; nicolo caldoraro
*Hand in Hand, the Army and the People Are One; Robert Naiman
New Egyptian Vice President Ran Secret US Torture Program In Egypt; Yashwanth Manjunath
The Army and The People are One!; josephwouk
URGENT They're running out of medicine in Cairo; maxomai
Suspend Military Aid to Mubarak NOW. El Baradei Calls U.S. Response Weak; Ralph Lopez
Update: Pan-Arab Revolution! Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen.; OllieGarkey
U.S. Youth Unemployment and the Egyptian Revolution; ibwip
Teacher's Lounge: Teaching Cairo; annetteboardman
Egypt Explodes; US Video Media Gape; davidseth
Israel/Palestine News; Friendlystranger
No Internet? No Problem! Anonymous Faxes Egypt; Clay Claiborne
Open Thread: Egypt; DarkSyde/frontpage
Food Prices Cause Unrest in Egypt? Part II; notdarkyet
The best help: Leaving Egypt alone; Hugo Estrada
Arab sources; simone daud (Invaluable Arabic translations.)
What I love and hate, context: right now, Cairo/Egypt; erratic
1/28
Egyptian People Protect the Antiquities Museum; Thutmose V
Cut-off Money to Mubarak Now! He Says He Wll Stay.; Ralph Lopez
Obama's response to the Egyptian Crisis; fladem
Egypt Backgrounder; vonzapfenau
Mubarak: "I'm Firing Everyone But Me"; zenbassoon
Cut-off Money to Mubarak Now; Ralph Lopez
Egypt Child Diary #6 Liveblog; Scarce
Egypt Child Diary #5; Dmac
"Yo, Egypt, cut the crap!"; Seneca Doane
Egypt's 40 year 'state of emergency' is now America's emergency [poll]; BOknows
Getting the facts straight on Egypt's relationship with the US; blue aardvark
Breaking: Gibbs Says US Will Review Aid to Egypt; samdiener
Anonymous statement on Egypt; barrettbrown
Faux News' developing meme: "Egypt is Obama's Fault"; RockyinConnecticut
Egypt: Things Have Changed for Good--Mubarak Regime is Done; Mutual Assured Destruction
Egypt liveblog: sub-diary #4; Politik
What To Expect in Egypt; catherineD
Mid-East Conflict Fry'd Daze - The rest of the news; volleyboy1
Egypt is on Fire!; Clay Claiborne
BlowbackClinton: 'We support the universal human rights of the Egyptian people'; frontpage
Egypt turns off internet, Lieberman wants same option for US; Cenobyte
Blowback: Hacktivists versus Dictators; gjohnsit
Egypt Child Diary #3; Flyswatterbanjo
Fox's shockingly awesome coverage of Egypt uprising; frontpage
The Obama Administration Stands With The Mubarak Dictatorship; krikkit4
Mohamed ElBaradei: "If Not Now, When?"; Robert Naiman
Curfew just announced in Egypt.; Delver Rootnose
Breaking: Police Siding with Protesters in Egypt. Mubarak regime falling.; OllieGarkey
Egyptian American Activist: Hillary Clinton Forgets to Mention Tear Gas, Tanks, Concussion Grenades; BookWarm
"This Is What Egypt's Cut-Off Of The Internet Looks Like:" (Graphics/Charts); Hissyspit
On the View from Egypt Part Five, Or, The Emergency is Here; Fake Consultant
1/27
North African Revolution Continues; Clay Claiborne
Hillary Could Do More to Stay Pharaoh's Hand; Robert Naiman
Protest in Libya, Algeria. More Planned; AoT
Egyptian Internet Blackout; Ryvr
Egypt: tomorrow is a test of the strength of the opposition and the Mubarak regime; Mutual Assured Destruction
Adalah: the Winter of Arab Discontent Hotlist; unspeakable
Updated: We are all Khaled Said. US Supported Regime killing civilians.; OllieGarkey
Tunisia, Egypt, ... And Now Yemen.; amk for obama
Updates on the Egyptian Protests, weasel
A Welcome Shift in the Obama Administration's Rhetoric on Democracy in the Middle East; Neil Hicks
1/26
Obama Snubs Middle Eastern Freedom Fighters Again; Omert
Tomgram: Juan Cole, American Policy on the Brink; TomDispatch
Update on Egyptian Protests; weasel
UPDATED: Egypt Protests Continue, Tunisia Wants Ben Ali Back; Clay Claiborne
Waiting for Krauthammer on Egypt; Avenging Angel
Egypt: Smart move from the Muslim Brotherhood ; Mutual Assured Destruction
Egypt: Lack of a Consistent U.S. Message on Human Rights and Democracy Fuels Unrest in the Arab World; Neil Hicks
UPDATED- Please Ask Hillary: Tell Egyptian Government Hands off Protesters Now!; Ralph Lopez
Egypt and the Secular Revolution; Yusufsaad
1/25
BREAKING: Protesters Plan Massive Day of Wrath in Egypt Today; Clay Claiborne
Changes are Coming: News Flashes from the Middle East; weasel
NOW - Thousands Protesting in Egypt; koNko
Revolution in Egypt?; greendem
Egypt: Just popular unrest or the beginning of the end of the Mubarak regime?; Mutual Assured Destruction
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