Facebook Revolution in Egypt – Illustrations
Clearly, the scent of Tunisia’s “jasmine revolution” has quickly reached Egypt. Following the successful expulsion in Tunis of the dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, the call arose on Facebook for an Egyptian revolution, to begin on Jan. 25. Yet the public here mocked those young people who had taken to Twitter and Facebook to post calls for protest: Since when was the spark of revolution ignited on a pre-planned date? Had revolution become like a romantic rendezvous?
Checkout some pictures and cartoons that illustrate the role of Facebook and other social media in the the biggest demonstrations in Egypt in years.
1. Clever Photoshopping by WeAreAndSome.
2. The Egyptian people fight President Mubarak with Facebook and Twitter, by Bryant Arnold.
3. Three Arab leaders (Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Muammar al-Gaddafi of Libya, and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia) with protesting crowds in the background. Mubarak asks: “And you, how many foes do you have on Facebook?” by Swiss cartoonist Patrick Chapatte.
4. “Egypt has defriended you”, by Gary Clement.
5. This last photo was obviously not taken in Egypt, but it sums up the tools for a modern day revolution quite well. The AK-47 and machete are so old school.
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Written by Manoj
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