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Given the Internet blackout in Egypt, it’s hard to get reliable news of the protests. The coverage on Al Jazeera, The Guardian, and Global Voices is frequently updated and well worth following.
Some journalists and bloggers on the ground are still tweeting. But connection seems patchy, and lots of information is unconfirmed. Here are some people I’m following, in no particular order, who are managing to get information out every now and then:
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@Sandmonkey
@fustat
@Arabian_Babbler
@DailyNewsEgypt
@AymanM
@nolanjazeera
@LaraABCNews
@RamyRaoof
@Ssirgany
@sarahussein
@Tom_El_Rumi
@bencnn
@hackneylad
@jonjensen
@arabist
@JoeKubrick
@AlMasryAlYoum_E
@deerabie
@sarahcarr
@beleidy
@3arabawy
@pakinamamer
@amiralx
@ianinegypt
@Jan25Voices (speaking to “Egyptians behind the blocked Internet, tweeting their words in real time.”)
@Speak2tweet (“Click the link in each tweet to hear a voice tweet from folks inside Egypt. Call +16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855 to leave a tweet and hear tweets.”)
Five who aren’t on the ground but share fantastic information:
UPDATE: Jillian C York has put together a public twitter list for following people on the ground in Egypt: jilliancyork/in-egypt
Also, follow the #Jan25 and #Tahrir hashtags, as well as #Egypt.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP: Check this Huffington Post article, How To Help Egypt Get Online (which includes a link to some resources put together by Anonymous), and this article on blogcritics on how to help when governments control communications, which has Egypt-specific links.
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Nick Rowlands
Nick lived in Egypt for six years, working as a tour leader, EFL teacher, city guide editor, and online guidebook writer. He's currently in San Francisco searching for his centre. He (kinda sporadically) blogs at Delicious Chaos, and you can follow him on twitter.
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Thanks so much for this Nick.
Thanks for this, Nick. I’m getting a lot of good perspective from Marc Lynch, who was my advisor in college. He’s an expert on Arab media:
http://twitter.com/abuaardvark
Thanks Tim, nice one!
UPDATE: The Internet is now back up (though for how long…?) – so loads of great tweeps not on that list are now active. Go hogwild following and sharing!
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Sand monkey was arrested by the Egyptian Secret Police 2 hours ago…
after this post
http://www.sandmonkey.org/2011/02/03/egypt-right-now/
but they also seem to have shut down his blog… another blogger saved Sand-monkey’s post. You can read it here:
http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Sandmonkey-Has-Apparently-Been-Arrested-and-His-Website-is-Down
Please circulate so Mubarak knows the world is watching…
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Thanks for the links Nick! They are great. I never realised how valuable twitter is until now. I am also following you on twitter. Your Retweets are great for filling bits I am missing. Keep it up!
Dave.