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		<title>On creativity and education</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/11/15/on-creativity-and-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	If you have any interest in the aforementioned topics, I think you should watch this talk&#8230;

	

	...and read this article.
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		<title>Can Egypt drop its ‘odius debt’?</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/10/31/can-egypt-drop-its-odius-debt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[	
The Gaurdian reports that Britian is demanding the repayment of GBP 100m lent to the Mubarak regime for arms deals.
Incidentally, IMF officials are currently in Cairo trying to talk Egypt&#8217;s interim government into a $3 billion loan.
With these two news items in mind, it does not become too difficult to connect a few dots and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Maspero incidents: Sectarianism as a counter-revolutionary tool</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/10/10/on-the-maspero-incidents-sectarianism-as-a-counter-revolutionary-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[	The violence that erupted in Maspero yesterday signals an acutely dangerous turn in the already murky atmosphere of Egypt&#8217;s post-revolutionary transition.

	I say acutely dangerous because what started out as a peaceful demonstration by Christians, joined by a few Muslims, calling for passing a law that regulates building places of worship, has not only turned into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abdel Muti Hihajzi gets it: On Revolutions, False Miracles and Social media</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/02/24/on-revolutions-false-miracles-and-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gladwell]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/?p=476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Ahmed Abdel Muiti Hijazi is one of my favorite Egyptian progressives. Hijazi is not only one of the most prominent Egyptian modern poets, he is also a staunch secularist and sharp social commentator.

	In an article (perhaps sarcastically) titled &#8220;This Miracle, how is it to be explained?&#8221; published in the Egyptian Al-Ahram daily newspaper, Hijazi warns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From clicktivism to activism: How shutting down the Internet helped fuel the Egyptian uprising</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/02/22/from-clicktivism-to-activism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jan25]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[	Image credit: @carloslatuff
Picking up&#160;where I left&#160;off...
As previously noted, it is surely naive to assume that all of those who blogged, tweeted and facebooked about the protests were on the street in any/all of those protests. The opposite also holds true. A cursory look at Egyptian demographic data on education and internet penetration neither makes this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtualization of Dissent: Social Media as a Catalyst for Social Change (Part two: From Reanimating the Social Discourse on Reform to a Grassroots Revolt for Change)</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/02/17/the-virtualization-of-dissent-social-media-as-a-catalyst-for-social-change-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revolution]]></category>
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Cartoon by Patrick Chapatte
One of any coercive regime&#8217;s worst fears is a rich, open public dialogue on change and reform. When people start candidly discussing and debating their concerns, hopes and dreams, they begin to be aware of their true priorities and rights, and what must be done to reclaim those rights. Walls of fear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtualization of Dissent: Social Media as a Catalyst for Social Change (Part one: Why Gladwell is Wrong)</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/02/15/the-virtualization-of-dissent-social-media-as-a-catalyst-for-social-change-part-one-why-gladwell-is-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jan25]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	 


	Guerrilla Social Media Ops from Tahrir Square (click for picture credits) 
I previously wrote about &#160;the role of social media in empowering tangible political and social action, citing social movements in Egypt and Iran that seemed to be driven, at least partially, by &#8220;digital activism&#8221;. My argument was that using social media as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Remove a Dictator (in 18 days): an Anti-Coercion Manual</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/02/11/how-to-remove-a-dictator-in-18-days-an-anti-coercion-manual/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jan25]]></category>
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(Photo credits: Mostapha El Shafey)
February 11, 2011. 21:06, Cairo, Egypt

	We did it.

	I have an outpouring of thoughts in my head related to what happened in Egypt over the past two weeks that I would love to get out all at once right now, if only to attempt to clear my head by writing things down. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picture of the week: Unfounded childhood fear of creepy album art</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2010/11/23/picture-of-the-week-unfounded-childhood-fear-of-creepy-album-art/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2010/11/23/picture-of-the-week-unfounded-childhood-fear-of-creepy-album-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	When I was a kid, my father had a collection of 8-track cartidge type records. The album art on one of them gave me nightmares.

That is the album art of Blue Oyster Cult&#8217;s &#8220;Fire of Unknown Origin&#8220;. &#160;For my young mind&#8217;s fertile imagination, the image was creepily fascinating. The vivid colors. The sombre expressions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social media in the Middle East: is it a real tool for (incremental) change, or merely cathartic self-expression?</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2010/08/02/social_media_in_the_middle_east/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2010/08/02/social_media_in_the_middle_east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commentary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social media in the Middle East: is it real tool for (incremental) change, or merely cathartic self-expression? A comment on Rami G. Khouri's "When Arabs Tweet"]]></description>
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