| ID | 105086 |
| Title Proper | Opening gambit |
| Other Title Information | the revolution will be tweeted: life in the vanguard of the new twitter proletariat |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hounshell, Blake |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | It was late at night on Tahrir Square. Egypt's embattled leader, Hosni Mubarak, had just given his bizarre speech vowing not to step down, and I followed an enraged crowd of several hundred protesters over to the state television building along the Nile, where they were gathering to denounce the official media for defaming the revolution. Up front, near the entrance, a fired-up speaker called out from a bullhorn: "Down with Anas al-Fiqi, the lying minister of information! Down with the corrupt regime!" To one side stood a different category of rebel entirely: scruffy guys and gals staring down at their cell phones. They were tweeting. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Policy vol. , No. 187; Jul-Aug 2011: p.20-21 |
| Key Words | Tahrir Square ; Egypt ; Hosni Mubarak ; Al Jazeera ; Revolution ; New Twitter Proletariat |