There is trouble in that
ancient land
so important to the world
unrest in Egypt
people taking to the street
it is time to speak
All of us complacent
if we do not join with them
calling for his ouster
for their power to be taken
for this to end
Edited October 10, 2013
Unrest in Egypt – v3
February 11, 2011
Unrest in Egypt
a prayer for Egypt
and see
A Prayer for the People of Egypt (February
3, 2011)
by Safiyah Fosua
&
&
on
the transformations since the beginning of January -
all
the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Oman,
Jordan,
Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, etc.
and
especially
the resignation of Hosni Mubarak
February
11, 2011
&
and
the jubilance in Tahrir Square
versus
the bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya, etc.
February
18, 2011
&
hearing
claim by President Obama 2/15/2011
in
a news conference that when history books tell it
we
will be seen as being on the right side of history
in
how the United States responded
&
Post
on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
“Our
Revolution was like Wikipedia”
February
14, 2011
&
Post
on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
“This is Revolution 2.0: No one was a hero because
everyone was a hero.”
February
13, 2011
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