Tag Archives: Egypt

This is just the start

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Michaela

  By Thomas L. Friedman Future historians will long puzzle over how the self-immolation of a Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, in protest over the confiscation of his fruit stand, managed to trigger popular uprisings across the Arab/Muslim world. We … Continue reading →

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From protest to revolution

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Michaela

By Dan Hind Easily daunted but often reckless polemicist, author of “The Return of the Public” The popular uprising in Egypt is still less than three weeks old. We still cannot know how it will end – whether the ruling … Continue reading →

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We tried to do something

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Michaela

“We got a message from Tunis,” Hosam Khalaf, a 50-year-old engineer stopped me to say. “And the message was: Don’t burn yourself up; burn up the fear that is inside you. That is what happened here. This was a society … Continue reading →

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The Martyr

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Michaela

Khaled Said, a young man from Alexandria, was beaten to death by local police this summer —well before rumblings of the country’s current unrest. But a Facebook page that bears his name has been one of the driving forces behind the … Continue reading →

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