I started a new blog. I found a topic when the Arab revolt that began in Tunisia in Dec. 2010 moved to Egypt. Now the wave is felt in Jordan, Yemen, and soon other places, possibly Saudi Arabic. Having lived and worked in Cairo for two years and spent many years studying Arabic, I am very interested and personally involved in these events and support the spirited people of Egypt.
Watch this YouTube video and you'll see that the feistiness and humor of the Egyptian people starts early:
Mubarak's gone mad.
You'll see my first comments on the events in Egypt on my blog here.
Noam Chomsky: “This is the Most Remarkable Regional Uprising that I Can Remember” He called the events "spectacular."
I have been watching Al Jazeera English and Arabic 24/7. It is exhausting, sometimes very troubling, but exhilarating. There has been nothing like this since the Sixties. These events across the Arab world are a game-changer. Obama is slow to catch up. He's watching to see which way the wind blows, playing both sides against the middle as is Washington's way.
Also coverage of Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Democracy Now! has been outstanding. A young US-educated Egyptian journalist on the ground in Cairo, his tweets also keep you up to the minute as do those of Nir Rosen, AJE, and many others: http://twitter.com/#!/sharifkouddous
Luckily I'm going to NYC in a few days, because there I will have many other distractions, or otherwise this revolution stuff might drive me nutty.
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