In a new memoir, Ghonim describes how the Egyptian people finally rejected 30 years of oppression and found their voice. Here, he discusses with Terrence McNally.
"Kill the bill!" the protesters chant en masse, day after day, while the drums pound and cowbells clang. The spirit of Cairo is here. The air is charged with it.
Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky, Democracy Now!. February 22, 2011.
Chomsky: "What has to be done is what's happening in Madison, or Tahrir Square. If there's mass popular opposition, any political leader is going to have to respond.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. February 1, 2011.
One week after the unprecedented popular uprising began in Egypt, more than 2 million people descend on Tahrir Square to demand regime change in the country.
The corruption of government officials, the bulging prisons, the laughable elections, the whole vast, sclerotic edifice of power has at last brought Egyptians on to their streets.
Egyptian police on Tuesday fired tear gas at thousands of protesters gathered in central Cairo to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms.