Since I didn't see my own shadow, yesterday...
It seems that it's long past time for me to look at the shadow that has fallen over Egypt!
I only had a few hours before work, today; but this is what I could gather about the situation:
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Vice President Omar Soliman, in an interview broadcast on state television, confirmed that "The president (Mubarak) will not go for another term nor any member of his family including his son".
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/03/136077.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_protests#cite_note-215
But protesters still want Mubarak to resign, and even face trials, or death for his treatment of Egyptians.
In an interview with ABC's Christiane Amanpour, President Mubarak said that he was "fed up" with being in power but would not resign because he did not want Egypt to descend into chaos, in which the Muslim Brotherhood would be the beneficiaries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12361948
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_protests#cite_note-212
Obviously, Mubarak is still attempting to employ smoke & mirrors in his defense, but it doesn't look like he will last long... so, who will step into the power vacuum created when Mubarak is removed, and how will this process unfold?
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Wikipedia provides a fairly detailed timeline of the Egyptian protests
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_protests#Timeline
Egypt Revolution 2011: A Complete Guide To The Unrest
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/30/egypt-revolution-2011_n_816026.html
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - Defining a Dictatorship: The U.S. Role in Egypt
01/28/2011 by Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/blog/2011/01/28/defining-a-dictatorship-the-u-s-role-in-egypt/
Al Jazeera: Egypt
http://english.aljazeera.net/category/country/egypt
Europe wobbles over Egypt
Gavin Hewitt | 11:41 UK time, Thursday, 3 February 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/gavinhewitt/2011/02/europes_response_to_egypt.html
Live From the Egyptian Revolution
by Sharif Abdel Kouddous - January 29, 2011
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/1/29/live_from_the_egyptian_revolution_by_sharif_abdel_kouddous
The Maddow Blog
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/
Today in Egypt: A Guide for Those Not Really Following
by Choire Sicha on February 3rd, 2011
http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/today-in-egypt-a-guide-for-those-not-really-following
Egypt's "youthquake:" Meet the young, tech savvy rebels at the center of this massive uprising
By Abigail Hauslohner / Cairo Wednesday, Feb. 02, 2011
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2045558,00.html#ixzz1CvshTlQX
Mubarak’s Grip on Power Is Shaken
By ANTHONY SHADID, Published: February 1, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/world/middleeast/02egypt.html
The battle of Cairo is over, or is it?
Jan 30th 2011, 15:24 by M.R. | CAIRO
http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/01/unrest_egypt_0
Egypt's opposition pushes demands as protests continue
01 February 11 09:41 ET
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-middle-east-12290167
Iranian leaders, opposition both embrace Egyptian protesters
From Dugald McConnell and Brian Todd, CNN
January 31, 2011 10:39 p.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/31/egypt.iran/index.html
Oil Market News: Oil Rally Halted; Europe Buys Iranian Crude (Egyptian unrest does seem to begin to be affecting global economics)
By Clyde Russell - Feb 1, 2011 2:40 AM CT
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-01/top-oil-market-news-oil-rally-halted-europe-buys-iranian-crude.html
Your Weapons Are On Cairo’s Streets
By Spencer Ackerman on January 31, 2011
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/your-weapons-are-on-cairos-streets-america/
Meet the Two American Companies Helping Egypt Restrict Its People
Cord Jefferson, on Jan. 28th, 2011
http://www.good.is/post/meet-the-two-american-companies-helping-egypt-restrict-its-people/
BTW, here's a report about the power of the Egyptian Army from a few months ago, ironically published on 09/11/10
Succession Gives Army a Stiff Test in Egypt
Max Becherer for The New York Times
Published: September 11, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/world/middleeast/12egypt.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&ref=global-home
Viewpoints: Will Egypt's unrest spread?
February 1, 2011 6:25 a.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/31/egypt.unrest.spreading/index.html
CRISIS IN EGYPT: Who's to cut off the head of the snake?
By Pepe Escobar on Feb 3, 2011
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MB03Ak02.html
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Here are some more literary perspectives on Egypt:
One Foot on the Moon (concerning Al-Ahram, Egypt's most widely circulated newspaper)
by Amos Elon on April 6, 1995
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1995/apr/06/one-foot-on-the-moon/
A 1992 interview with Nobel-winning Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz on politics in Egypt.
http://thepoliticalnotebook.tumblr.com/post/3069442447/naguib-mahfouz-talks-egyptian-politics-in-his-1992
“They Laughed at Democracy”:(regarding Milton Viorst, in 1990, writing about) Naguib Mahfouz on Egypt in the Twentieth Century
Posted by Macy Halford on February 2, 2011
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/02/they-laughed-at-democracy-naguib-mahfouz-on-egypt-in-the-twentieth-century.html
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And FYI, just to keep in mind what kind of oppression Egyptians are faced with...
According to WHO, in 2008, the estimated prevalence of female genital mutilation in girls and women in the population of Egypt was 91.1%
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/prevalence/en/index.html
And this report from four years ago...
Egyptian security forces are accused of routine and systematic abuse
Human rights group Amnesty International has released a highly critical report on Egypt's record on torture and illegal detention.
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 10:35 GMT 11:35 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6544149.stm
And here's the entry on Egypt from Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/legacy/english/docs/2006/01/18/egypt12212.htm
Although the most current information can be found here:
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
http://en.eohr.org/
--
And finally, here are some resources for those who actually want to put in some effort to help the Egyptian people...
20 Ways to Circumvent the Egyptians Government Internet Block." by Anonymous
http://pastebin.com/Lb8J1gQ1
a small team of engineers from Twitter, Google and SayNow created a speak-to-tweet service:
the ability for anyone to tweet using just a voice connection.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/some-weekend-work-that-will-hopefully.html
A speak-to-tweet service that allows callers to tweet by calling one of three numbers and leaving a voicemail.
Call +16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855 to leave a tweet and hear tweets.
http://twitter.com/speak2tweet
@blanu posted How to Help in Egypt, in which he details his design for a decentralized Internet
http://goo.gl/f2iQV
A Guide: How Not To Say Stupid Stuff About Egypt
http://sarthanapalos.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/a-guide-how-not-to-say-stupid-stuff-about-egypt/
Collected info & resources for people concerned about unrest in Egypt:
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/egypt.html
I only had a few hours before work, today; but this is what I could gather about the situation:
--
Vice President Omar Soliman, in an interview broadcast on state television, confirmed that "The president (Mubarak) will not go for another term nor any member of his family including his son".
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/03/136077.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_protests#cite_note-215
But protesters still want Mubarak to resign, and even face trials, or death for his treatment of Egyptians.
In an interview with ABC's Christiane Amanpour, President Mubarak said that he was "fed up" with being in power but would not resign because he did not want Egypt to descend into chaos, in which the Muslim Brotherhood would be the beneficiaries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12361948
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_protests#cite_note-212
Obviously, Mubarak is still attempting to employ smoke & mirrors in his defense, but it doesn't look like he will last long... so, who will step into the power vacuum created when Mubarak is removed, and how will this process unfold?
--
Wikipedia provides a fairly detailed timeline of the Egyptian protests
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_protests#Timeline
Egypt Revolution 2011: A Complete Guide To The Unrest
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/30/egypt-revolution-2011_n_816026.html
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - Defining a Dictatorship: The U.S. Role in Egypt
01/28/2011 by Peter Hart
http://www.fair.org/blog/2011/01/28/defining-a-dictatorship-the-u-s-role-in-egypt/
Al Jazeera: Egypt
http://english.aljazeera.net/category/country/egypt
Europe wobbles over Egypt
Gavin Hewitt | 11:41 UK time, Thursday, 3 February 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/gavinhewitt/2011/02/europes_response_to_egypt.html
Live From the Egyptian Revolution
by Sharif Abdel Kouddous - January 29, 2011
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/1/29/live_from_the_egyptian_revolution_by_sharif_abdel_kouddous
The Maddow Blog
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/
Today in Egypt: A Guide for Those Not Really Following
by Choire Sicha on February 3rd, 2011
http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/today-in-egypt-a-guide-for-those-not-really-following
Egypt's "youthquake:" Meet the young, tech savvy rebels at the center of this massive uprising
By Abigail Hauslohner / Cairo Wednesday, Feb. 02, 2011
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2045558,00.html#ixzz1CvshTlQX
Mubarak’s Grip on Power Is Shaken
By ANTHONY SHADID, Published: February 1, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/world/middleeast/02egypt.html
The battle of Cairo is over, or is it?
Jan 30th 2011, 15:24 by M.R. | CAIRO
http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/01/unrest_egypt_0
Egypt's opposition pushes demands as protests continue
01 February 11 09:41 ET
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-middle-east-12290167
Iranian leaders, opposition both embrace Egyptian protesters
From Dugald McConnell and Brian Todd, CNN
January 31, 2011 10:39 p.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/31/egypt.iran/index.html
Oil Market News: Oil Rally Halted; Europe Buys Iranian Crude (Egyptian unrest does seem to begin to be affecting global economics)
By Clyde Russell - Feb 1, 2011 2:40 AM CT
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-01/top-oil-market-news-oil-rally-halted-europe-buys-iranian-crude.html
Your Weapons Are On Cairo’s Streets
By Spencer Ackerman on January 31, 2011
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/your-weapons-are-on-cairos-streets-america/
Meet the Two American Companies Helping Egypt Restrict Its People
Cord Jefferson, on Jan. 28th, 2011
http://www.good.is/post/meet-the-two-american-companies-helping-egypt-restrict-its-people/
BTW, here's a report about the power of the Egyptian Army from a few months ago, ironically published on 09/11/10
Succession Gives Army a Stiff Test in Egypt
Max Becherer for The New York Times
Published: September 11, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/world/middleeast/12egypt.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&ref=global-home
Viewpoints: Will Egypt's unrest spread?
February 1, 2011 6:25 a.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/31/egypt.unrest.spreading/index.html
CRISIS IN EGYPT: Who's to cut off the head of the snake?
By Pepe Escobar on Feb 3, 2011
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MB03Ak02.html
--
Here are some more literary perspectives on Egypt:
One Foot on the Moon (concerning Al-Ahram, Egypt's most widely circulated newspaper)
by Amos Elon on April 6, 1995
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1995/apr/06/one-foot-on-the-moon/
A 1992 interview with Nobel-winning Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz on politics in Egypt.
http://thepoliticalnotebook.tumblr.com/post/3069442447/naguib-mahfouz-talks-egyptian-politics-in-his-1992
“They Laughed at Democracy”:(regarding Milton Viorst, in 1990, writing about) Naguib Mahfouz on Egypt in the Twentieth Century
Posted by Macy Halford on February 2, 2011
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/02/they-laughed-at-democracy-naguib-mahfouz-on-egypt-in-the-twentieth-century.html
--
And FYI, just to keep in mind what kind of oppression Egyptians are faced with...
According to WHO, in 2008, the estimated prevalence of female genital mutilation in girls and women in the population of Egypt was 91.1%
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/prevalence/en/index.html
And this report from four years ago...
Egyptian security forces are accused of routine and systematic abuse
Human rights group Amnesty International has released a highly critical report on Egypt's record on torture and illegal detention.
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 10:35 GMT 11:35 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6544149.stm
And here's the entry on Egypt from Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/legacy/english/docs/2006/01/18/egypt12212.htm
Although the most current information can be found here:
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights
http://en.eohr.org/
--
And finally, here are some resources for those who actually want to put in some effort to help the Egyptian people...
20 Ways to Circumvent the Egyptians Government Internet Block." by Anonymous
http://pastebin.com/Lb8J1gQ1
a small team of engineers from Twitter, Google and SayNow created a speak-to-tweet service:
the ability for anyone to tweet using just a voice connection.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/some-weekend-work-that-will-hopefully.html
A speak-to-tweet service that allows callers to tweet by calling one of three numbers and leaving a voicemail.
Call +16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855 to leave a tweet and hear tweets.
http://twitter.com/speak2tweet
@blanu posted How to Help in Egypt, in which he details his design for a decentralized Internet
http://goo.gl/f2iQV
A Guide: How Not To Say Stupid Stuff About Egypt
http://sarthanapalos.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/a-guide-how-not-to-say-stupid-stuff-about-egypt/
Collected info & resources for people concerned about unrest in Egypt:
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/egypt.html