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Playing guitar in the middle of a war

October 12, 2011 @ 12:35 am

Photo: Aris Messinis/AFP One of the more peculiar war photos I’ve seen lately. This man provided guitar accompaniment to a group of people fighting the war in Egypt. [via]

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Egyptian and Tunisian Revolutions in Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot”

March 4, 2011 @ 7:38 pm

One clever person decided to intermix footage of the recent revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia of “Pale Blue Dot” to give an entirely different and immediate feeling to Carl Sagan’s classic narration. Very well done. [via]

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Al Jazeera English: Live Stream

January 31, 2011 @ 8:42 pm

If you want up-to-the-minute updates on the events unfolding in Egypt, Al Jazeera English is streaming worldwide via several major online sources including LiveStation, Vingo.tv, and YouTube. Because of the nation-wide shutdown of internet service in Egypt and the forced … Continue reading →

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Egypt disconnects from the web as civil and political unrest continues

January 28, 2011 @ 10:10 pm

This is pretty incredible news: At the moment, about 93% of Egypt is shut off from the internet. That’s right. Silenced, disappeared, gone. Just like that. Because of the widespread use of social networking websites and forums to gather people … Continue reading →

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Egyptian cheese company uses an evil panda to sell its product

August 18, 2010 @ 12:59 am

Haha, these are pretty funny commercials for a cheese product selling in Egypt. Click inside to see the rest of the commercials.

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Land infographics

June 27, 2009 @ 7:57 pm

Photo: NASA/JSC When I first saw this photo on The Big Picture I seriously thought it was a set of pie charts on a spreadsheet. It turns out that it’s actually a bunch of roads and circular fields in Egypt.

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