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By Emily Witt 11/25/11 11:34am

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Tweets From Tahrir Returns with Live Feed from O/R Books

Earlier this year, O/R Books published Tweets From Tahrir, a compilation edited by Alex Nunns and Nadia Idle that told the story of the protests to oust Hosni Mubarak from Twitter missives sent as the protests unfurled. With thousands of demonstrators now back in Tahrir to advocate for a handover of power from military to civilian rule, O/R has compiled a live Twitter feed from contributors to its original compilation -- perhaps as they Tweet out a sequel in real time? Read More

11 By Dan Duray 8/23/11 10:00pm

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Pyramid Scheme: What’s Next for Egypt’s Artifacts?

In late January, during the protests that eventually led to the revolution in Egypt, the news broke that looters had raided the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, current home to some of the most impressive artifacts of early human history. The thieves made off with 18 objects and The Huffington Post, practicing its own brand of Read More

By Lee Siegel 2/02/11 12:59am

Op-Ed

I Am Twittering, Egypt, Twittering

Reading and listening to the immediate euphoric response to the protests in Egypt, I realized that America's proverbial optimism and its legendary escapism were beginning to look more and more like each other.

Remember the earthquake that struck Haiti almost one year ago? At the time, the airwaves and print-byways were full of voices hailing Read More

By Christian Lorentzen 2/02/11 12:22am

Internal Memo

Internal Memo: Sphinx

I have sat here in the desert for more than 4,000 years. I watched as Pharaoh Ahmose I expelled the dreaded Hyksos from the Nile. I saw the missionaries of Hatshetsup deliver her myrrh trees from the Land of Punt. Thutmose III forged his empire from the banks of the Euphrates to the fourth Nile Read More

By Joe Conason 2/01/11 8:44pm

opinion

El-Baradei A Bad Guy? Don’t Listen To The American Right

To his fellow Egyptians and to most observers across the world, Mohammed el-Baradei looks like a hero--an international diplomat who might well have lived out his days in the comforts of Geneva and New York, but returned home to provide leadership despite serious personal peril. But to leading figures on the American right, Mr. El-Baradei Read More

By Mike Taylor 1/31/11 4:22pm

Anonymous

Anonymous Attacks Egypt Amid FBI Raids

Amid FBI raids against 40 of its members, online anarcho-pranksters Anonymous has turned its sites toward the Egyptian government over internet censorship amid widespread civil unrest in the country.

In a YouTube press release, the collective aims itself at Egypt's government amid shutdown of Facebook, Twitter and other media services that had provided real-time updates on Read More

By Toni Schlesinger 4/16/07 12:00am

Cruise Décor Redefines 21st-Century Love Boats

Ripped open by an iceberg! Who could forget the Titanic, all 46,329 gross tons, breaking in half and sinking for two hours and 40 minutes into the black and icy sea with Leonardo DiCaprio turning blue, holding onto a piece of paneling? April 14 is the time to commemorate with thoughts of the sea. (Especially Read More

By Staff 1/04/07 6:20pm

Jimmy Carter Gains Support From (the Great) Siegman

Henry Siegman has again and again proved a leader on the Israel/Palestine issue. His review of Jimmy Carter's apartheid-in-Palestine book in the Nation offers breathtaking relief from the smear campaign against Carter. His piece concludes with an explanation of Carter's enormous contribution to Israel's security. Accusations by Alan Dershowitz and others that Carter is Read More


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