Egypt: Tweeting the Day of Revolution
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.
Protesters from today's demonstration by @monasosh
This nationwide “Day of Revolution” coincides with Police Day and brings together people from different walks of life and a wide political spectrum to protest against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
Tweeting from Mohandesin, @monasosh notes:
If u r not here, u r missing a lot. Down wt mobarak . Mohandesin #jan25
In another tweet, she chants:
in reference to Zein El Abidine Ben Ali's escape from Tunisia, after its people's uprising.
An ariel view of demonstrators gathering in Ramsis by @basboussa1
In another tweet, he sums up the mood:
Soon enough, tweets of police repression start pouring in.
Sandmonkey reports:
Police just arrested everyone in cilantro. Took their ids and phone. We barely got out.” #jan25
Wael Abbas adds:
And in another tweet says:
Crowdmap to report demonstration updates
And in an expected or not so expected move, reports are also surfacing of the censoring of internet sites.
Mohamed ELGohary notes:
Now http://dostor.org and Bambuser.com are blocked in Egypt #NetFreedom #Jan25
And Alaa Abd El Fattah tweets:
Egyptian ISPs seem to be illegally blocking websites again, collaborating with police despite no laws allowing internet censorship #jan25
Meanwhile, Mona Eltahawy notes:
In past 8 days at least 12 #Egyptians set themselves on fire out of desperation: unemployment, poverty, corruption. #Jan25 #Egypt protest
For more reactions, follow the hashtag #Jan25 on Twitter.
Stay tuned for more coverage from Egypt.
Photocredit:
1. @monasosh
2. @basboussa1
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