Sunday, January 30, 2011

Egypt

With the internet black-out and ousting of Al-Jazeera from Cairo, on-the-ground perspectives from Egypt are getting more sparse. Due to some loopholes in the internet many voices are still managing to pierce through the cyber walls. Here are some mainstream and not-so-mainstream sources to get real-time updates and analysis about Egypt.

1) The Arabist: Run by freelance journalists, Issandr El Amrani has a particularly interesting analysis of the lack of police presence in the streets of Egypt.

http://www.arabist.net/blog/2011/1/30/manipulation.html

2) Ayman Mohyeldin's Twitter account (He's a correspondent for Al-Jazeera)

3) The Daily News Egypt- Sarah El Sirgany, editor for the paper, appeared via telephone on Piers Morgan tonight a couple days ago, saying that the Daily News had one of the few remaining working ISP addresses in Egypt. A little while later, the website was hacked, forcing them to use a blog to post articles. Now the main site is back up- the most recent article details protests in Tahrir Square, with more powerful tanks present and fighter jets circling above.

4) For regularly updated live updates from the foreign press, The Guardian offers day-by-day updates that change every ten minutes or so.

5) Democracy Now! features blogposts by Sharif Abdel Koudous on the ground in Cairo. Or, there's also his Twitter account.  Most recent update describes people's reaction to the arrival of ElBaradei at the protests in Tahrir Square:
Finally, to find internet loopholes and other means of bypassing the internet blockade, the Huffington Post offers this list of suggestions. 

**BTW, despite Al-Jazeera being blocked from Egypt, measures have been taken to ensure that it's still broadcasting news about protests. They're broadcasting on alternative frequencies and ensuring the safety of reporters, some of whom had been arrested. You can watch here: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

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