egypt
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This Is What You Bring To Shoot A Violent Revolution (And Not Get Mugged)
Any photographer will tell you it’s not about the gear, it’s about the photographer. Nonetheless, it’s illuminating what NYT photographer Stephen Farrell chose to bring (and not bring) to shoot the Egyptian revolution in Tahrir Square, given how specifically hostile the environment was to journalists.
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Egypt Turned Off The Net With A Big Switch, Not Phone Calls
The Egyptian government shut down most of its country’s internet not by phoning ISPs one at a time, but by simply throwing a switch in a crucial data centre in Cairo.
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Can Complexity Theory Explain Egypt’s Crisis?
Civilization, goes an old maxim, is four meals away from barbarism – once the food deliveries stop, so does law and order. That could mean trouble for the political uprising in Egypt. It may also be what triggered it.
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How A Band Of Geeks Survived An Assault In Egypt
For three days, geeks, online activists and DIY filmmakers protested peacefully in Tahrir Square. For three nights, they slept in tents with laptops by their sides and mobile phones charged by by hacked street lights. On the fourth day the lynch mob came and encircled them.