2. • There are many reasons for
In the Beginning…
the revolution in Egypt, but
the main reason was
because of the poor
judgment of President
Hosni Mubarak by not
improving the economy
and the government wasn’t
doing anything about it.
A-Hole
3. Pokes and Tweets
• Just like anyone else in the modern world
now, the Egyptians used Facebook and Twitter
to vent out their anger and frustration
towards the government just like anyone else
would in today’s world.
4. Day of Revolt
• On January 25, 2011,
protests started to erupt,
tens of thousands of
protesters gathered in
Cairo and thousands of
more in cities all
throughout Egypt.
• These protests were
targeted towards the
government of Hosni
Mubarak and these
protests were mainly
pacifistic.
5. No More Internet…
• The next day, the Egyptian government
decided to shut down it’s internet and
wireless towers so that no one outside of
Egypt knows about the cruelty of Mubarak.
6. The Friday of Rage
• On January 28, 2011,
millions of protests and
riots occurred in Cairo
and other places,
creating injuries but no
major casualties.
• However, this began of
what is now a wave of
violence and it spread
throughout Egypt.
7. The Power of Google and Twitter
• On February 1, 2011, Google and Twitter
decided to combined their forces with the
help of SayNow to let the Egyptian people
contact throughout the rest of the world what
is happening in their country, but without the
use of internet, how is this possible?
8. Landline?
• The answer is quite simple, but no one would
have thought it would be that easy and that is
to use a landline to call an international
number.
• You call to one of the three numbers given
(+16504194196, +390662207294, or
+97316199855) and say what you want to say.
9. Call to Tweet?
• This call creates a
voicemail, which then is
recorded and translated
into a tweet by way of the
account @Speak2Tweet
where you can see the
messages of even hear
the video recording from
the people. Also, it
creates the trend #egypt
after every tweet so
people can find a list of
tweets to look at.
10. Aftermath
• On February 11, 2011, Hosni
Mubarak resigned from office
and had Vice President Omar
Suleiman, which brought more
of a democratic stance to the
country, which in turn
decreased the number of
protests.
• Although the revolution is still
going on, the use of social
media helped the changing of
governments dramatically, and
it is one step closer to having
liberation in Egypt.
