Egypt's Revolution: A Democracy Now! Special On Mubarak’s Downfall (With Fisk & Egyptian Activists)

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February 11, 2011

As news of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation breaks, Democracy Now! broadcasts live reaction from Tahrir Square and beyond with Senior Producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Correspondent Anjali Kamat. "People are holding their hands up in victory," reports Kouddous. "This will be a day that no one will ever forget."

We are also joined on the phone from Cairo by Egyptian activists Mona El Seif and Salma al-Tarzi, blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah, feminist Nawal El Saadawi, acclaimed writer Ahdaf Soueif, and Egyptian Historian Khaled Fahmy who tells Amy Goodman, "I never really thought I would see this glorious moment in my lifetime."

Mohamed Abdel Dayem with the Committee to Protect Journalists discusses the new freedom of the press.

We also hear from veteran Middle East journalist Robert Fisk and Columbia professor Rashid Khalidi about what is next for Egypt.

"Many people in Washington would love a neoliberal future for Egypt," says Khalidi. "But the two things that are essential are Egypt’s geo-political alignment with this country and its acquiescence in Israeli regional domination."

Guests:

http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/anjali_kamat">Anjali Kamat, Democracy Now! correspondent
http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/sharif_abdel_kouddous">Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Democracy Now! senior producer
http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/mona_el_seif">Mona El Seif, Egyptian activist
http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/mohamed_abdel_dayem">Mohamed Abdel Dayem, Committee to Protect Journalists
http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/salma_tarzi">Salma Tarzi, Egyptian activist
http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/robert_fisk">Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for the Independent (UK)
http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/ahdaf_soueif">Ahdaf soueif, Egyptian novelist
http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/nawal_el_saadawi">Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian human rights activist and feminist

Watch here: http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/2/11/the_egyptian_revolution_a_democracy_now_special_on_mubaraks_resignation

For dialup DUers here's a smaller MP3 audio version (right click and 'Save Link As'): http://traffic.libsyn.com/democracynow/dn2011-0211-special.mp3

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for anyone who may have missed it.