Monthly Archives: February 2011

This 10-minute video, titled The Most Dramatic Footage From the 18-day Revolution, is indeed the best footage I have yet seen of the remarkable and historic events from Egypt.  It has good music, is well-paced, and does a nice job … Continue reading →

At 9:15 on Friday morning, I woke up (no school thanks to Winter Break!), wondering what would happen in Cairo.  I learned from the New York Times that Mubarak had reportedly left Cairo: So where did he go? Apparently, he … Continue reading →

Just before my last class of the day on Thursday, I learned that President Mubarak was scheduled to speak soon.  Around 2 p.m. (the class runs from 1:35-3:10), our class learned that Mubarak was supposed to speak at 3 p.m. (10 p.m. … Continue reading →

Maybe it’s because I’m following this story so closely, but I can’t remember a foreign-policy story with as much staying power as the events in Egypt.  The story has been front-page news for more than two weeks.  It’s the lead story in … Continue reading →

This past Friday morning (Feb. 4), a total of 19 high school students came to my classroom at 7 a.m. to learn more about Egypt: Careful counters will note only 18 students in the picture above (go ahead: count — it’s fun).  … Continue reading →

It’s about 5 a.m. in North Carolina, which means it’s noon in Egypt.  Because most of Egypt is Muslim, there are Friday prayers going on now, but there’s a showdown expected later today in Egypt.  UPI reports that there’s a plan … Continue reading →

The violence continues in Cairo.  I just heard on NPR that five were killed and 800 wounded in violence yesterday (Wednesday).  Here’s the front page of today’s New York Times, as of about 6:45 Thursday morning: As you can read above, … Continue reading →

When I woke up this morning, I read some tweets from Nick Kristof, and I learned this: Very messy in Tahrir right now. Clashes. Could be a bad day. Looks like Mubarak says: you challenge me, you pay a price. Pro-democracy … Continue reading →

Wow. I was teaching my last class of the day and we decided to check the New York Times to see if there was any news about Egypt.  We saw a stunning headline (it’s since been replaced — this story … Continue reading →

One of my students (thanks Andy) asked whether President Mubarak was in hiding or if he were giving speeches and trying to calm the protestors.  We did some quick in-class research and found this compelling 5-minute report from MSNBC, anchored by … Continue reading →

As I started to get up to speed on the story in Egypt, I realized that my previous post did not emphasize enough how significant a move it was for the 82-year old President Mubarak to name a vice-president.  Apparently, … Continue reading →