Notes from the Egyptian Revolution

Inventive, organized, youthful, modern. That’s how author and political commentator Ahdaf Soueif described the Egyptian Revolution at Columbia University’s Edward Said Memorial Lecture.
Palestinians protest in Ramallah’s Manara Square

More than two thousand youths assemble in Manara Square, Ramallah, chanting slogans calling for end of division among Palestinian political parties of Gaza and the West Bank. Scuffles broke out between the youth organizers and members of the Fatah party.