This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.
As Egyptian demonstrators take to the streets for the sixth day in a row, netizens continue to pull all the stops to keep the world informed of what is happening on the ground. Here's a snapshot of reactions from Twitter this morning, compiled by Jordanian Nadine Toukan.
- Jan25voices http://twiturm.com/535su Voices of the morning. Cairo resident speaks to us early Sunday about change (mp3) #Jan25 #Jan28 #Egypt
- openculture Al Jazeera English has a free iPhone app. http://cultr.me/hDVzWT Also looks like Android app is available. Get Egypt coverage on the go.
- nmoawad [Video] Beirut demo in solidarity with people of #Egypt http://bit.ly/gSwjTR by @alspooky #Jan25 #Lebanon
- HosniMobarak I survived 83 years, 6 assassination attempts, 2 major wars, and 2 major revolutions. What makes you think I won't survive this? #Egypt
- HosniMobarak #wheniwaslittle I fell on my head. Then my mom started saying I was special. True story. #Egypt
- nolanjazeera LOT more army on streets today. Roadblocks on traffic on Gala St. More tension btw soldiers/civilians. Situation feels different now #Jan25
- Linaattalah Lots of helicopters flying at low altitude in Cairo #jan25
- AnonymousRx Who is Egypt's new Vice President? http://wlcentral.org/node/1131 #Anonops #OpEgypt #egipto #februarywish #Freedom #4all about
- #Jan25 “@JPBarlow: The genuinely proud are inherently safer and more reliable than the humiliated. #Egypt is proud today.
- JShahryar #Egypt URGENT: Demonstrators Fired Upon by Men From Ministry of Interior: http://tinyurl.com/6ysbf9a #Jan25 #sidibouzid
- JShahryar #Egypt URGENT: Al Jazeera Reporting Unusual Sound of Helicopters Flying over #Cairo: http://tinyurl.com/6ysbf9a #Jan25 #sidibouzid
- RamyYaacoub At least one mummy was damaged/destroyed in an attempt of looting of the national museum yesterday #Jan25 #Egypt
- aalmasri Dear americans and europeans: if you are so worried about egypt's antiquities, don't let your governments support mubarak. #jan25 #egypt
- Lina18 DISGUSTING “preserve an imperfect government capable of reform &prevent a tyranical government capable of harm” http://bit.ly/ia9GAt #Jan25
- RamyRaoof urgent| eye-witness: 2 cars came out of Ministry of Interior. A car threw a body & the 2nd shoot fire on demonstrators. #Egypt #Jan25
- “@spotonpr: Our (working) list of must read analysis and opinion on Egypt http://bit.ly/fbZb68 #jan25 #Egypt
- AnonymousRx Anonymous isn't just about Wikileaks, we are about Personal Freedoms and Net Neutrality Worldwide. – Expect Us! #Anonops #Freedom #Egypt
- Kawdess Photo: Protests are planned in Sudan today. This banner includes photos from the popular uprisings in 1964… http://tumblr.com/xbt1dq8i3f
- Daily Show: The Rule of the Nile http://t.co/l2ineuW #Jan25
- #Jan25 “@draxtor “@MiroCollas: Live From the Egyptian Revolution – Sharif Kouddous – http://ur.ly/CwOk [Good inside perspective]
- ckanal Why #Egypt matters: http://huff.to/eIj79U by @caraparks
- salmaeldaly Women in the Suez carries the torch of resistance against the regime &start demonstrations to give men a chance to rest #Egypt #Suez #Jan25
- witnessorg Filming, Audio & Using Cellphones http://ht.ly/3MGKH now available w/ Arabic captions #humanrights #Egypt #jan25 #filmmaking
- ianinegypt If Egypt's future is like what I've seen on the street tonight, no matter what happens next, it is bright. #egypt #jan25
- jilliancyork Good piece from FP on Egypt changing U.S. MidEast policy, but failed to mention Israel–highly relevant. http://t.co/MS9WhCl
- Elazul Oh yeah btw, that 1.25 Billion Egypt gets in aid every year? only 250 million are social, the rest is military. #Jan25 Jan25
- #Jan25 Egyptian activists create an autonomous Internet, not routed through Egypt's network http://t.co/69xlkuA via @JavierCarrete
- #Jan25 “@gilgul: Great article mapping spike in TOR usage to bypass #censorship and media blackout in #Egypt http://bit.ly/eMDo0D
- #Jan25 “@thenation “This is not Mubarak’s Egypt anymore,& it will never be again”: reporting fm Egyptian revolution http://bit.ly/dSwVbM
- .@nmoawad “@violetblue: Great post + photos about women in the Egypt protests by @msipus http://goo.gl/bUG0F
- Karoli looting is media code for “dirty poor brown people”. Not kidding. It's how they marginalize.
- Firas_Atraqchi Zahi Hawass tells TV host Mona Shazly he was @ #Cairo Museum all day Saturday; 9 looters apprehended by students, tourism police #jan25
- csdickey John Barry's latest look … Inside the White House's #Egypt Scramble http://shar.es/3H5d2
- Tallouza Morphine injection is wearing off…no drug will ever be as potent as the one we all feel watching Tunisia and Egypt…all yhayeehom! #Jan25
- #Jan25 “@HuffingtonPost: PHOTOS: Americans across the country come together in support of Egypt http://huff.to/f9xFOP
- #Jan25 “@rafik “@mathewi social media & #Egypt: “It's Not Twitter or Facebook, It's the Power of the Network” http://is.gd/sXv9wQ
- Sad for history of the world #Jan25 “@HuffingtonPost: Looters BEHEAD two mummies at #Egypt‘s famed Egyptian Museum http://huff.to/h84kef
- HuffingtonPost Dramatic video seems to show army protecting protestors from riot police in #Egypt http://huff.to/gvssXp #jan25
- #Jan25 “@HuffingtonPost: Nerds unite! Anonymous Internet users help Egypt; @ckanal & @jbialer report http://huff.to/gvp5pt
- RamyRaoof the nearest point i could make to take #video of police shooting dumdum bullets on the demonstrators http://www.vimeo.com/19337240 #Jan25
- srudat From inside #Egypt… RT @Sannri: RT @sharifkouddous: My report from the streets of Cairo today: http://bit.ly/gh4ZQe #Egypt #Jan25
- Elazul The source of my information are people in EACH area i mentioned. I spent about an 1.5 hrs on the phone calling people and asking. #Jan25
- Elazul Garden City Is safe, Thugs fear the security around the American, Canadian, and British Embassies #Jan25
- Elazul Maadi is currently safe, was a warzone earlier because of the prison breaks. Some prison guards have died.Youth in control #Jan25 Jan25
- Elazul The Museums are safe, Citadel completely safe. Youth are not allowing anyone to touch the heritage. #Jan25
- alaa RT @shadysamir: People standing in freezing weather protecting their homes are all pissed at one person only: Mubarak #jan25
- Ssirgany I had few hours of sleep. Just learnt that @moftasa was here during the night. He's patrolling the streets as part of neighborhood watch
- alaa RT @Elazul: Elwara2 & Imbaba Area basically are saying “security? We've always protected ourselves. Let the Thugs come, they will die” #Jan25
- + “@monaeltahawy: One CNN appearance today http://bit.ly/g5RzbA and another http://bit.ly/hsX9fd on #Egypt‘s uprising. #Jan2
This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011.
Written byAmira Al Hussaini
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