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2011 Egyptian Revolution
Wael Ghonim: ‘They Decided to Negotiate That Night with Rubber Bullets’

  By Mimstayl • January 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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CNN interviews Wael Ghonim who talks about the his role in the 2011 revolution in Egypt and the Muslim brotherhood. Continue reading

Tagged   2011 Egyptian Revolution, Civil Rights, People, Politics and History, Protest
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2011 Egyptian Revolution
Female Activist Speaks Out Against Mubarak

  By Mimstayl • January 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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Twenty-seven year old Hanna, female activist in the 2011 Egyptian revolution, explains how she is fighting back against Mubarak's regime in Tahrir Square. Continue reading

Tagged   2011 Egyptian Revolution, Politics and History, Protest
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2012-2013 Egyptian Protests
Egyptian Protesters Cause Mass Destruction

  By Mimstayl • January 24, 2014 Uncategorized
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A video of dozens of people that were reportedly killed in clashes as Egyptian security forces violently broke up sit-in camps of Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Cairo. Continue reading

Tagged   2012-2013 Egyptian Protests, Military, Mohamed Morsi, People, Politics and History, Protest, Revolution
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2012-2013 Egyptian Protests
Protesters Take to the Streets of Cairo

  By Mimstayl • January 24, 2014 Uncategorized
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Hundreds of protesters take to the streets in Cairo, Egypt to fight against the Muslim Brotherhood and are calling for the fall of the government. Continue reading

Tagged   2012-2013 Egyptian Protests, Civil Rights, Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, People, Politics and History, Protest, Revolution
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The March on Washington
Julian Bond: ‘This is Why We March…’

  By Witnify • January 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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Julian Bond explains what it was like for many of the March on Washington attendees to hear Martin Luther King, Jr. speak. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Julian Bond, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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Arab Spring
Doctors and Nurses Accused of Helping Protesters

  By Virginia Choi • December 17, 2013 Uncategorized
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Doctors and nurses in Bahrain, during the Arab Spring, tell stories of how they were tortured, imprisoned, and jailed for treating injured demonstrators. Continue reading

Tagged   Arab Spring, Politics and History, Protest
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Arab Spring
Charlie Beckett on the Use of Social Media During the Arab Spring

  By Witnify • December 17, 2013 Uncategorized
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Charlie Beckett, Director of the London School of Economics, discusses how social media helped the Arab Spring grow and why citizen journalism fueled the revolution. Continue reading

Tagged   Arab Spring, Politics and History, Protest
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Arab Spring
Writer Hisham Matar on Libya's Arab Spring Revolution

  By Witnify • December 17, 2013 Uncategorized
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Libyan writer Hisham Matar discusses his country's revolution that followed the self-immolation of Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi. Continue reading

Tagged   Arab Spring, Politics and History, Protest
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Arab Spring
Mohamed Bouazizi's Family on His Self-immolation

  By Witnify • December 17, 2013 Uncategorized
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The family of Mohamed Bouazizi recalls what happened on December 17, 2010, the day he set himself on fire as protest against the harassment he received as a street vendor. Continue reading

Tagged   Arab Spring, Politics and History, Protest
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Hollywood Blacklist
Norman Lear on Refusing to Front for Blacklisted Writers

  By Witnify • November 25, 2013 Uncategorized
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Screenwriter Norman Lear recalls being asked to take credit for the work of blacklisted screenwriters during the 1940's and 1950's. Continue reading

Tagged   Arts and Culture, Communism, Film, Hollywood Blacklist, Protest, TV
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