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		<title>On the current misleading western media discourse on Egyptian politics</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2012/12/10/on-the-current-misleading-western-media-discourse-on-egyptian-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/?p=527</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent western analysis and media depictions of the current state of affairs in Egypt have falsely framed the latest clashes between anti-Morsi protesters and pro-Morsi rallies as a result of an unholy alliance of upper class &#8220;elites&#8221;, liberals who are &#8230; <a href="http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2012/12/10/on-the-current-misleading-western-media-discourse-on-egyptian-politics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Technology, identity, and citizen-driven politics: Emerging new media ecologies and the shifting paradigms of social change</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2012/11/12/technology-identity-and-citizen-driven-politics-emerging-new-media-ecologies-and-the-shifting-paradigms-of-social-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/?p=512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A little more than a year and a half after the unforeseen waves of mass uprisings in the Arab world, and the term &#8216;Arab Spring&#8217; is starting to quickly lose its glamour in the media. Current indicators in the countries &#8230; <a href="http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2012/11/12/technology-identity-and-citizen-driven-politics-emerging-new-media-ecologies-and-the-shifting-paradigms-of-social-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt and the Law of Conservation of Authoritarianism</title>
		<link>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2012/06/22/egypt-and-the-law-of-conservation-of-authoritarianism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/?p=501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent social event on the campus of the University of Sussex (where I am currently working on a PhD), a student from the Physics department &#8211; on learning that I am Egyptian &#8211; asked me about the current &#8230; <a href="http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2012/06/22/egypt-and-the-law-of-conservation-of-authoritarianism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/11/15/on-creativity-and-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/?p=499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have any interest in the aforementioned topics, I think you should watch this talk&#8230; ...and read this article.]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/?p=491</guid>
		<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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/10/31/can-egypt-drop-its-odius-debt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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, &#8230; <a href="http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/10/10/on-the-maspero-incidents-sectarianism-as-a-counter-revolutionary-tool/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/02/24/on-revolutions-false-miracles-and-social-media/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/?p=459</guid>
		<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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2011/02/22/from-clicktivism-to-activism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/?p=438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="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/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/?p=419</guid>
		<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 &#8230; <a href="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/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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