Guy Fawkes hits Tahrir Square, keffiyeh and all.

{We’ve collected some photos from the protests in Egypt’s Tahrir Square. This one’s by Mosa’aberising]

today:

Defaced statue represents Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak (Amr Nabil/AP)

(via thedailyfeed)

cheatsheet:

A Newsweek/Daily Beast poll

The Newsweek/Daily Beast Poll was conducted with a representative sample of the national population with 918 likely voters.

Highlights:

* 66 percent approve of how Obama dealt with the Egypt crisis. (Obama’s overall approval rating is at 50 percent.)

* Only 37 percent believe the GOP puts forward positive proposals, versus 49 percent who believe the party is primarily interested in criticizing Obama.

Touring Egypt After the Revolution. Photos by Alan Chin for NEWSWEEK. Story by Babak Dehghanpisheh.

With 480 characters I undid a long career defending the weak and victims of injustice. There is no excuse for what I wrote. At the time, I did not know that the attack against Lara Logan was so severe, or included apparent sexual violence. Even so, any violence against anyone is wrong. I’ve apologized, lost my job, and humiliated myself and my family. But I, at least, don’t want to go down looking like a sexist pig. I am not. I am a staunch supporter of women’s rights, gay rights and the rights of the weak anywhere in the world.

In a Salon exclusive, Nir Rosen explains his offensive tweets (via salon)

(via salon)

Actually, I did the easiest thing, which was writing. At the end of the day, it was about the power of the people.

Google Executive Wael Ghonim, in his first international interview, admitting he was behind the Facebook page that sparked Egypt’s revolt. (via cheatsheet)

In lands that have been plundered and tyrannized, the Arab Revolution of 2011 has been smoldering for decades. What finally turned resignation into rebellion.

(Photo: Paolo Pellegrin / Magnum for Newsweek)

A diagram of the clash.

theatlantic:

msnbc:

Drawing inspiration from the Internet-savvy Egyptian protesters, an online campaign called for anti-government demonstrations Friday and Saturday in the Syrian capital Damascus.

Via “The Syrian Revolution 2011 الثورة السورية ضد بشار الاسد ”  on Facebook: