Tweets from Tahrir

TWEETS FROM TAHRIR
EGYPT'S REVOLUTION AS IT UNFOLDED, IN THE WORDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT

Edited by NADIA IDLE and ALEX NUNNS

Foreword by AHDAF SOUEIF

The Twitter accounts of the activists who brought heady days of revolution to Egypt in January and February this year paint an exhilarating picture of an uprising in real-time. Thousands of young people documented on cell phones every stage of their revolution, as it happened. This book brings together a selection of key tweets in a compelling, fast-paced narrative, allowing the story of the uprising to be told directly by the people in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Many of the activists were "citizen journalists", using Twitter to report what was happening. Others used the social network to organize, communicating the next steps necessary for the revolution to move forward. Nearly everyone online gave instant reactions to the extraordinary events occurring before their eyes.

History has never before been written in this fashion. The tweet limit of 140 characters evidently concentrated the feelings of those using Twitter. Raw emotion bursts from their messages, whether frantic alarm at attacks from pro-government thugs or delirious happiness at the fall of the dictator. To read these tweets is to embark a rollercoaster ride, from the surprise and excitement of the first demonstration, to the horror of the violence that claimed hundreds of lives, to the final ecstasy of victory.

Many of those tweeting also took photographs with their phones and these illustrate the book, providing remarkable snapshots from the heart of the action.

Edited by young activists Alex Nunns and Nadia Idle, an Egyptian who was in Tahrir Square when Mubarak fell, Tweets from Tahrir is a highly original take on one of the most important and dramatic events in recent world politics. The result is as gripping as any thriller -- but it's all real.

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[waronpeace]

Only a portion of this books proceeds go to Egyptian groups. Also she published this book with out asking for permission from the authors of the tweets. Doesn't this book seem amoral?

[2qewl4u]

I'm most definitely buying this when it comes out. It'll be in stores in Egypt right?

[2qewl4u]

@mazenhesham001 Msh mohem el music el mohem el book :D

[mazenhesham001]

the music isn't very appealing =S , you could some other oriental music for this video

[Raghota]

I "m Waiting the Book But you should publish it in Egypt too .. so I can Get it :"D

[caroleabumoussa]

@ORBooksChannel I LOVE THE IDEA!!!! GO FOR IT!!!!... More ppl need 2 know exactly what was being said during these times!!... Let me know if you'd be interested in making a video with some of the most important tweets of the Jan25 revolution. I really enjoy video editing! :)