Posts Tagged ‘revolution’

Nonviolent resistance in the Holy Land

Nonviolent resistance in the Holy Land

In a region riddled with violence and an urge to settle the score as opposed to forgive and make peace, there are still many people and groups who advocate for nonviolence.


Notes from the Egyptian Revolution

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.


Step one: tweet. Step two: march.

While the Americans came to understand the uprisings in Egypt in large part through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, these websites were not the sole vehicle of change. It was “people willing to have their heads broken open to make a difference” that toppled President Hosni Mubarak’s regime, according to a participant on a panel held at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.