Thursday, January 27, 2011

Egypt, Chain Reaction from Tunisia

Now, the time has come for another despot in Arabia to face the popular protests. Egypt, ruled for the last 30 years by Hosni Mubarak, is seeing unprecedented street protests in many places around the country. As in Tunisia, the internet is playing an important role in mobilizing the protesters. These protests are obviously inspired by the Tunisian protests which unexpectedly toppled the Ben Ali presidency just weeks ago.

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