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An entire Egyptian town parties the night away when a Nubian man finds a beautiful bride.
Anger, hunger fuel revolutions
Historian Simon Schama says anger and hunger are the two great pistons that drive revolutions as is the case in Egypt.
CBS Evening News: Congress Considers Internet “Kill Switch” - VideoSurf Video Search
The US Congress considers giving the President the authority to shut down the Internet, just as the Egyptian state has done to quell protesters.
Egyptian rapper Ramy Donjewan’s song “Against the Government” (via ‘Against the Government’ | AFRICA IS A COUNTRY)
translated lyrics:
Against the government, against the thugs and injustice
Against the government, against the government’s rule
Against the government and the long rope of injustice
Against the government, and I have a thousand guides…
Your blood is being spilled
Killing you is encouraged
Your home is a mess
Your religion is targeted
Your voice they render silent
And your property is consumed
They just killed your brother
And the rest of the people are tortured
If I live I will be insignificant
Were we to die, we are worthless
When you speak you become a victim
You are dealt with brutally
By policy thugs
Little thugs
A hostile government
Wants to ravage you and me
The oppressor and the oppressed
The ruled and the sentenced
For whom? I will complain but who will I blame?
I will blame the people who are beaten with the dirtiest boots and remain silent
Otherwise, a government whose hearts have died…
Down down with the government and the system
Down down with the ruler’s law
Down down with the cowards and the cheaters
Down with the “good” (?governance?)
Against the government, against the thugs and injustice
Against the government, against the government’s rule
Against the government and the cheaters and cowards
Against the government and against accepting insults
(?All moments you are workers who are humiliated?)
You have no value, no price, your leaders already sold you
They make you a fool, and take you from the back … (??)
In the embrace of enemies they simply throw you
They are catching you with the hands that hurt you
Around you there are 1000 snakes that keep biting you
No matter if you feel the pain there is no one who intends on hearing you
So help yourself out and tell me, what stops you?
He tells you if someone pushed you, keep waiting
He catches you and hits you and it’s been 30 years of hitting
He keeps cleaning his teeth and you’re silent, your mouth is sewn shut
And with his sword he splits you, you’re not dead, but your mind is
Enough sleeping and dying and silence
If you have blood plumping, cheer hard and loud
I am against the government because I have these values
Against the government: I will not accept being defeated.
Since it’s not just a Facebook revolution.
Well said by an anti-government protester at Tahrir Square; Jan 31, 2011
Raw Video: Egypt Protesters Clash With Police (via AssociatedPress)
Thousands of Egyptian anti-government protesters clashed with police in Cairo, who fired rubber bullets into crowds and used tear gas and water cannons to disperse them. This is the biggest challenge to President Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year-rule. (Jan. 28)