Global Voices · Citizen media stories from February 2011

February, 2011

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Stories from February, 2011

6 February 2011

Egypt: My 73-year-old Father at Tahrir

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptian Nadia El Awady took her 73-year-old father with her to Tahrir today, where she joined fellow Egyptians in the Sunday of Martyrs, as widespread protests calling for an end of the Mubarak regime enter their 13th day. Let's go with them to Tahrir.

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Egypt: Welcoming A New Country

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptians are dreaming of a better future, and for some the dream is already coming true. In this post we hear from Egyptian bloggers who feel they are seeing a new country being born, the country they have been waiting for.

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Egypt: “I am writing for the sake of history”

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

The protests in Egypt continue, and have the attention of people not only in Egypt, but across the region and around the world. In this post we hear from a blogger who wants to remind anyone who might sympathise with President Mubarak just how things have reached this point.

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Jordan: Islamists Refuse Offer to Join Government

Written by Betsy Fisher · Middle East & North Africa

Following meetings with Jordan's King Abdulla and an invitation to Islamists to join the cabinet of newly appointed Prime Minister Maarouf Bakhit, which the Islamists turned down, Jordanian tweeters are left scratching their heads. The discussions spilled over to Twitter, where the debate continues.

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Kuwait: Praying for a Free Egypt

Written by Abdullatif AlOmar · Egypt, Kuwait

Like the rest of the world, Kuwaiti netizens are closely following the unfolding events in Egypt. Tweeps are lending their support to Egyptian protesters, in prayer and calls for an end of the Mubarak regime.

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Egypt: Remembering Egypt's Martyrs

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Tribute is pouring from all around the world for those who have lost their lives in protests held across Egypt to call for an end of the Mubarak regime. Today is the Sunday of Martyrs, in what is the beginning of the Week of Steadfastness, and marks the 13th day of the Egyptian people's uprising.

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Updates from February, 2011

14 February 2011

Kyrgyzstan

Kamilla reports on a clash between the Kyrgyz authorities and Russian investors over the status of MegaCom, one of Kyrgyzstan’s leading mobile operators - while the government claims that the company’s stock has been nationalized, the Russians claim that their share (51%) is in the government’s hands for safekeeping.

• Adil Nurmakov

Turkmenistan

A fake Hip Hop concert announcement on the Internet reveals something about the character of Turkmenistan’s young generation, and the complexity of hope, fantasy, and reality, reports neweurasia’s Annasoltan.

• Adil Nurmakov

Tajikistan

Nathan Hamm writes that one of the most notorious Tajik opposition commanders Ali Bedaki, who was reportedly killed in combat operations, as been noticed on a YouTube video that shows him being interrogated in the back of a vehicle. The Tajikistan government claims the video is a fake, but the insurgent's former comrade says it is not.

• Adil Nurmakov

Tajikistan

Christya Riedel reports that Hikmatullo Saifullozoda, a 60 year old editor of the opposition newspaper Najot and a prominent member of the Tajikistan opposition, was brutally beaten by unidentified perpetrators near his home in the capital city Dushanbe.

• Adil Nurmakov

Egypt

A group of Israeli indie musicians have gathered to create a song, entitled Children of Liberty, expressing their support of the Egyptian people's newly acquired freedom, and have a “toast” to new neighbors, human rights and equality in both countries.

• Carmel L. Vaisman