Reply #12: DEMOCRACY NOW: Two-Hour Special on the Revolt

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Uprising in Egypt: A Two-Hour Special on the Revolt Against the U.S.-Backed Mubarak Regime
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/2/5/uprising_in_egypt_a_two_hour

In a special Saturday edition, Democracy Now! airs a two-hour broadcast. Highlights include:

* Live Reports from Cairo with Democracy Now! senior producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Democracy Now! correspondent Anjali Kamat.

* Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif on how life in Tahrir Square "is truly democracy in action."

* Columbia professor Rashid Khalidi on the impact of the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings on the Middle East.

* Mohamed Abdel Dayem of the Committee to Protect Journalists on the continued attacks on journalists by supporters of the Mubarak regime.

* Khaled Fahmy, professor at the American University in Cairo, on reports that Hosni Mubarak has resigned as head of the ruling NDP party.

* University of California-Santa Barbara professor Paul Amar on the military’s role in a post-Mubarak Egypt.

* Stanford Professor Joel Beinin on the Egyptian labor movement and the historical roots of the Jan. 25 uprising.

* Egyptian-American activist Mostafa Omar on the role of Egyptian youth in the protests.

* And we play the "video that started the revolution"–Asmaa Mahfouz’s Jan. 18th message calling for protests in Tahrir Square on Jan. 25.


Paul Amar, Professor of Global & International Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Stanford University
Mohamed Abdel Dayem, Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists
Khaled Fahmy, Professor and Chair of the Department of History, American University in Cairo
Anjali Kamat, Correspondent, Democracy Now!
Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies in the Department of History, Columbia University
Sharif Abdel Khouddous, Senior Producer, Democracy Now!
Mostafa Omar, Egyptian-American activist and writer