January 2011
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WatchIn the 1990s Ethiopian supermodel Anna Getaneh walked the runways of Paris and Milan. These days she is putting her flair for fashion to good use, helping deprived children in rural areas of her home country.
In 2004 Getaneh founded African Mosaique, a Johannesburg-based fashion house promoting high-end African-inspired clothing and accessories.
African Mosaique promotes designs created by...
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Helping Africans 101
Your friend goes,”OMG! I got a couple pairs of TOMS shoes!! It’s gonna help so many children in Africa. I really made a difference today!!!” You’re like, “Umm.. wouldn’t that flood villages with thousands of extra shoes and slowly destroy the local economy for shoemakers and sellers??” Then they freak out cause they have no money left to pay their...
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Africa 2011: Replace Ineffective Regimes
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“This is the Arab world’s Berlin moment. The authoritarian wall has fallen – and...”
– Fawaz Gerges, professor of Middle Eastern politics and international relations at the London School of Economics
Egypt protests - live updates | World news | guardian.co.uk
(via streamsofwikileaks)
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NY TIMES: "In another sign that the (Egyptian)... →
Afghan & Iraq War Logs Coverage: Egypt... →
streamsofwikileaks:
BBC News - BBC journalist arrested and beaten by Egyptian police Video of interview. newest submissions : worldnews It’s an all Egypt day on Reddit worldnews. Mubarak Digs In as Mobs Battle Police - WSJ.com Mubarak sacks gov’t, protesters remain in Cairo’s streets (Jerusalem Post)
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Anonymous goes Old-School, attacks Egypt with... →
javiercarrete:
Anonymous is a loose organization of hacktivists best known for attacking its enemies —both corporate and governmental— via the Internet, by defacing websites or shutting them down altogether. But with most of the Internet down in Egypt, the folks at Anonymous are apparently resorting to a positively prehistoric technology: fax machines.
Members of the group are organizing to...
Worldwide Protests at all Egyptian EMBASSIES!... →
Carol Riad Mahna: A Revolution Has Begun. →
carolriadmahna:
I must say, I’m entirely proud. I never thought my people would go as far as to start another ‘52 revolution. It has been going on for 4 days and counting, with people roaming the streets, chanting out loud for their rights and demanding a better life. People are helping each other out…
It’s always refreshing to get the opinions from the Egyptian people, whether...
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What's Happening in Egypt Explained (UPDATED) |... →
What’s happening? Inspired by the recent protests that led to the fall of the Tunisian government and the ousting of longtime Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Egyptians have joined other protesters across the Arab world (in Algeria, notably) in protesting their autocratic governments, high levels of corruption, and grinding poverty. In Egypt, tens of thousands of protesters have...
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“We will not be silenced, whether you’re a Christian, whether you’re a Muslim,...”
– Egyptian Protester (via pascesoir)
NY TIMES: "Al Jazeera kept up its coverage despite... →
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Marines Ready for Egypt Rescue Mission
Time reports that “the U.S. Marines have a pair of warships — the USS Kearsarge and the USS Ponce — just hanging around the southern end of the Red Sea waiting to see if they’re needed to rescue U.S. diplomats and citizens from Cairo.”
via Huffington Post
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To my dear Anons
The events that continue to transpire in Egypt are too important to ignore.
The state of your dashboard is of no concern to moi.
If you can’t handle the reality of other people’s lives, let me direct you to the UNFOLLOW button.
When it comes to the followers of this blog, I will always choose QUALITY over quantity.
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Afghan & Iraq War Logs Coverage: Operation Egypt:... →
streamsofwikileaks:
NOOR ISP seems to be still working. Here are the dial up numbers 0777 7770, 0777 7000, 0777 8880. The Egyptian Stock Exchange is still alive at a NOOR address, which is probably why they kept that ISP online. Spread the dialup numbers so people in Egypt can get online.
To bypass…
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“We don’t expect anything from Obama, whom we regard as a great hypocrite. But we...”
– Egyptian blogger and activist Hossam el-Hamalawy talks to U.C. Irvine history professor Mark LeVine at Al Jazeera.
(“We Don’t Expect Any Help From America, Just To Leave Us Alone.” | The Awl)
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Like Tunisia, like Egypt … and maybe, like... →
fyeahafrica:
Since the world woke up to the news of the anti-government revolts in these African countries, a likely scenario in Africa’s most populous country has been a major discourse across internet forums and social media platforms among many Nigerians. The scenes have being played put as mind images, should Nigerian politicians dare mess with the April general elections and votes don’t...
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Tumblr, Egypt & The Guardian
streamsofwikileaks:
Way to go tumblr. The Guardian has linked to the #Egypt tag on tumblr.
10pm GMT: If constant Twitter updates aren’t enough for you, there’s a whole lot of content on events in Egypt over on Tumblr.
Let’s see how the tumblr servers cope naow!
Anyone else following this?!?
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AP: Fraud plagues Global Health Fund →
GENEVA (AP) — A $21.7 billion development fund backed by celebrities and hailed as an alternative to the bureaucracy of the United Nations sees as much as two-thirds of some grants eaten up by corruption, The Associated Press has learned.
Much of the money is accounted for with forged documents or improper bookkeeping, indicating it was pocketed, investigators for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,...
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