[Chapter-delegates] Message from Egypt

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Dominic,

impressive testimony.

While battles on the ground in Egypt seem to be raging overnight, there is 
also an intense discussion about the subject of Dr. Abdulla's email - the 
influence of the Internet in the events in Egypt and previously in Tunis.

We must remain tuned. The aftermath is likely to shape the future of the 
Internet in a large scale. Events going on right now are of a far more 
vast scale than was thought when "the Internet treats censorship as damage 
and routes around it" was written.

Alejandro Pisanty


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      Dr. Alejandro Pisanty
UNAM, Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico

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* Ven a ISOC Mexico, http://www.isoc.org.mx, ISOC http://www.isoc.org
*Participa en ICANN, http://www.icann.org
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2011, Dominic Pinto wrote:

> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 01:19:00 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Dominic Pinto <zorro at btinternet.com>
> Reply-To: Dominic Pinto <dominic.pinto at ieee.org>
> To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Message from Egypt
> 
> Re-posted for AoIR
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> [Air-L] Message from Egypt
> From: Dr. Rasha Abdulla <rasha at aucegypt.edu>Add to Contacts
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> ________________________________
>
> Dear friends and colleagues,
>
> This is a brief message from Egypt at the end of a very long and tiring day.
> Just to thank you for the ISOC Statement on Egypt's Internet shutdown and
> for your wishes and thoughts. I have been down at Tahrir Square (which means
> "Liberation" by the way) almost everyday this week, and I can tell you our
> 7000-year-old nation is being re-born.
>
> I don't have any scientific theories to back me up right this moment (maybe
> I will when I'm better rested and I've had time to read all your messages on
> the subject, this is the first day we've had Internet access since Friday
> morning our time), but I can tell you this has been, to a very large extent,
> an Internet-based revolution. Even the illiterate classes who are down on
> Tahrir Square say this was started "by the youth of Facebook" and I do agree
> with them. Please forgive my lack of scientific support for now, but it's
> almost 2:30 am here and I really need some sleep for another long day
> tomorrow. I have three books to my name on different aspects of Internet use
> and its effect in the Arab world, and this will probably be the topic for my
> fourth book; and I also am founding editor of an Egyptian book series on
> "Digital Literacy" so I will claim that I know my stuff to a good extent. I
> do have a lot of elaboration to do, I know, but I'll ask that you bear with
> me till I have a little more time on my hands.
>
> I'm just writing to let you know that the youth of Facebook, who have
> revived this great country, are hanging tight in Tahrir Square, together
> with hundreds of thousands, at times millions, of people who have joined
> them, many of them not even Internet users. There's a new momentum in the
> air, and we hope it will lead to a much better future for this country and
> its people.
>
> Your thoughts, wishes, and prayers are much needed and much appreciated.
>
> All the best.
> Rasha
>
> -- 
> Rasha A. Abdulla, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor and Chair
> Journalism and Mass Communication
> The American University in Cairo
> www.rashaabdulla.com
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