ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 27, 2011

Social media, particularly, have proven to be powerful and exceedingly important, especially as we watch the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. I will long remember the images of so many people feverishly using their handhelds to discuss the death of Osama bin Laden in social media spaces.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Twitter feeds with hashtags like #Egypt and #ArabSpring were stories unfolding by the minute, documenting the revolution and how the world felt about it, in real time. Again, a picture speaks a thousand words, and the unifying effect of two numbers and a percentage sign has been an inspiration for social movements ever since.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2011

Here’s the list: ONLINE activism: Tweet with the hashtag #Egypt to the top of the trends. Post images on Twitter, Facebook, your blogs. Tag friends in Egypt, and those active in this movement in your posts/tweets to broaden impact. Add the hashtag #Egypt if not already applied. Blog your hearts out!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

I’ve lived in Egypt. You can share PDFs, you can share presentations, you can share pictures, you can share videos, links, you can share your location and they’re all stored in your WhatsApp chat. Here are some pictures.” So I’m originally from Columbia. I’ve lived in the U.S. for a while.

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