Democracy Now! senior producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous speaks with both western and Egyption journalists in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and visits a media tent set up by activists to collect reports from people on the streets. There are reports that the Egyptian government is now requiring all journalists to register in person, but life in the square seems to be thriving — with a wedding, a makeshift free barber shop, and an elaborate setup for phone charging, routing electricity from street lamps to network of power strips according to Kouddous’ Twitter feed.
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from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41464115/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Egypt on Monday released Wael Ghonim, a Google executive who became a hero of anti-government protesters after he vanished nearly two weeks ago while taking part in demonstrations calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
Protesters in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square say Ghonim, a marketing manager for the search giant, was one of the main organizers of the Facebook online campaign that sparked the mass protests on Jan. 25. He went missing on Jan. 27 and his whereabouts were not known until Sunday, when a prominent Egyptian political figure confirmed he was under arrest and would soon be released.
Ghonim gave two interviews following his release, according to the international blog Global Voices. In a discussion with Egypt’s DreamTV, Ghonim shared details of his ordeal.
If I could sing these words about their revolution — our revolution — so you can hear them, I would. Today I will write them. The words are:
“This is the way this ought to be.”