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Monday, February 7, 2011

Why Did Egypt Erupt Now?


There is a fantastic article by Kelli Arena that was recently published that does a really good job of describing the root of the problems in Egypt. Arena believes that

  • the youth of Egypt were denied economic, social, political opportunities
  • the November election added to sense of repression
  • youth groups, other protesters relied on social networks to organize
You can check out her article here!

PBS also has an article written by Jessica Elsayed, a teen from Alexandria, Egypt who is a senior reporter for Youth Journalism International. Jessica has been experiencing her country's revolution firsthand.

Stay informed so we can continue to discuss this in class.

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