NEMIRI U EGIPTU

Prosvjednik: Facebook mi jedini sad daje slobodu govora

A Syrian man connects on his Facebook account at an internet cafe, in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday Feb. 8, 2011. A media watchdog said Tuesday that Syria appears to be lifting a three-year-old ban on YouTube and Facebook, a decision that could be seen as a gesture to stave off unrest following popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. The Syrian government does not comment on its Internet restrictions. But several Internet users in Syria told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the sites were accessible for the first time in years without having to tunnel through a proxy servers. Lifting the ban may well be an example of such reforms, but it is not a major concession by Assad. The ban had little practical effect, with many Syrians using proxy servers to access the sites every day. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
 Muzaffar Salman

KAIRO - Revolucionarnim Kairom kruži dobar vic. Predsjednik Hosni Mubarak umre i u zagrobnom životu sretne svoje prethodnike, Anvara el-Sadata i Gamala Nasera. “Hosni, habibi (dragi, op. a.), što je tebe dokrajčilo”, pitaju ga, “metak ili otrov”… Mubarak ih žalosno pogleda i procijedi: “Facebook!”

Epicentar revolucije

Taj vic pričaju mi 17-godišnji Mohamed Ahmed El Shref i njegovi školski prijatelji dok sjedimo na dekama prostrtim po travi trga Tahrir, epicentra egipatske revolucije. Iznad nas najlon (umjesto šatora), oko nas drugi prosvjednici spavaju, jedu, piju čaj, razgovaraju, skandiraju… Mohamed Ahmed El Shref ne skandira, ali to ne znači da je manje aktivan. U krilu mu je laptop. Na njega priključena antena za bežični internet. Na zaslonu Facebook.

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