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To Express Yourself Is Freedom: The Perils and Pleasures of Blogging Under a Dictatorship

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.25.2013 | World
Read More: Tahir Square, Human Rights in Cube, Egypt, Freedom in Cuba, Cuba, Women in Tech, World News
Yoani Sanchez

The reprimand against dissident bloggers tends to occur most often in the physical world. Surveillance, persecution, imprisonment and, in the most dramatic cases, death as a punishment for daring to comment or report.

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Back to the Square: Talking Egypt's Revolution One Year Later With Petr Lom and Mark Nabil

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 04.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Arab Spring, Petr Lom, Back to the Square Documentary, Tahir Square, Egypt Revolution, Back to the Square Petr Lom, Back to the Square Movie, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Syria, Home News
E. Nina Rothe

The unrest continues in the Arab world and in his latest documentary, filmmaker Petr Lom reconvenes at Tahrir Square, going back with five individuals who helped shape the revolution with their personal stories.

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From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy the Neighborhoods

Paul Loeb | Posted 01.09.2012 | Politics
Read More: Occupy Wall Street Movement, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Activism, Occupy Wall Street, Community Organizing, Occupy Together, Occupy Movements, DISCLOSE Act, Obama Campaign, Tahir Square, Working America, Citizens United, OWS Movement, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Sreet Protests, Ows, Occupy Everywhere, Ows Protests, #Occupywallstreet, Politics News
Paul Loeb

Like participants in previous movements for justice, the Occupiers need to avoid the false choices between protest and organizing, community building and electoral involvement, surrealist theater and the grunt work of change.

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Arab Democracies Will Receive Billions In Support, G8 Leaders Say

AP | JAMEY KEATEN and GREG KELLER | Posted 07.27.2011 | Business
Read More: Barak Obama, Libya, Tahir Square, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Tunisia, Middle East, Egypt, G8 Summit, Hosni Mubarak, Europe, Business News

DEAUVILLE, France — Rich countries and international lenders are aiming to provide $40 billion in funding for Arab nations trying to establish t...

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Egypt's Beauty

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Egypt Protests, Tahir Square, Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Cairo, Egypt, Egypt President Hosni Mubarak, Slidepollajax, World News
Howard Steven Friedman

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A Morning Concert, A Revolution in Egypt

Albert Imperato | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Jonathan Biss, New York Philharmonic, Tahir Square, Joseph Stalin, Egypt, Dmitri Shostakovich, Beethoven, Andris Nelsons, Hosni Mubarak, New York News
Albert Imperato

Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony couldn't have been a more perfect thing to hear after learning of the revolution in Egypt.

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So Far From Cairo

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Egypt Protests, Egypt, Tahir Square, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Cairo, Authoritarianism, Authoritarian Government, World News
Yoani Sanchez

Five decades of authoritarianism here in Cuba has exceeded its expiration date. Perhaps to avoid our making the comparison, our state media showed caution in dealing with the news from Egypt.

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