What is really going in in Egypt?

What's Really Going On:

Here is a quote from an article; Huffington Post, in NY

"After days of protest, Egypt's civil unrest came to a head today, with protestors defying curfews as the nation's military entered the streets. If you're new to the story, here's what's going on.

Protests started on Tuesday, January 25, when -- inspired by the successful revolution in Tunisia --thousands of people began taking to the streets to protest poverty, rampant unemployment, government corruption and autocratic governance of President Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled the country for thirty years. These were the first protests on such a large scale to be seen in Egypt since the 1970s. The government responded byblocking Twitter, which was being used by organizers to coordinate protests.

Blocking Twitter not only enraged Egyptian citizens; it also brought increased national attention to the uprising. Over the course of the next two days, Egypt proceeded to block Facebook while the much-hated riot police took to the streets, arresting and injuring hundreds with batons, tear gas water cannons. Protests occurred not only in Cairo, the capital, but also in Alexandria and Suez, two other major cities....

Additionally, the Muslim Brotherhood, long a fierce opponent of the Mubarak regime and officially banned in Egypt, threw their weight behind the protestors, many of whom are young, tech-savvy Egyptians, reports the New York Times. Two-thirds of Egypt's population has never known a leader other than Mubarak....

The largest protests were planned for Friday, at which point the government took the unprecedented step of blocking all Internet services in the country. With Twitter and Facebook already down, email other social networking outlets fell as well. Text messaging was also blocked. Protestors and journalists began finding alternate means of getting online and pushing out information..." - The Huffington Post, NY

To read more click original link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/28/whats-going-on-in-egypt_n_815734.html 

Women In Egypt

Here is a great article concerning women specifically in the Egygptian Protests:

http://www.pri.org/politics-society/women-in-the-egyptian-protests2614.html

"Women make up more than half of Egypt's university students. They are visible in the media and on the street; many work. But women rarely get the top posts in government or business. A woman's highest ambition is still expected to be to establish a family." 

- PRI Public Radio International