[News] BREAKING: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK STEPS DOWN!

Above is AP raw video of the celebrations at the news that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down after 30 years heading the most ‘stable’ dictatorship in the Middle East and 18 days of protest by the courageous Egyptian people.

Read more: ABC News | Voice of America | Wall Street Journal

Hit the jump for Basha Beats and Natacha Atlas‘s “Mounqaliba” from Egypt: Rise to Freedom 1.5.

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[News] Is Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Trying to Run Out the Clock on the Protesters?

I’m not following the minute-by-minute on the momentous series of events happening in Egypt right now that closely (and you literally have to be following it by the minute with the number of twists and turns developments are taking over there), but from what I can see, the resolve of the Egyptian people is only getting stronger! There’s no way Egypt is turning back at this point which makes Vice President Omar Suleiman’s post-Mubarak address speech yesterday afternoon in which he said the protesters should leave the Square and go back to work because all their demands had now been met (see below), that much more ludicrous. Watch it:

Read more:

– President Obama released a statement on the Egyptian situation saying “the Egyptian government must put forward a credible, concrete and unequivocal path toward genuine democracy, and they have not yet seized that opportunity.” CLICK HERE TO READ IT IN FULL.

– Egyptian expats foresee worse trouble – “For many expatriate Egyptians who fled repression and corruption in the country, the overwhelming response to President Hosni Mubarak’s speech was disappointment.” [CBC]



Related:

– Is A Google Executive the ‘Face’ of the Egyptian Revolution?

– [Music Video] Gangi – Fire in Cairo (Cure cover)

[Music Video] Gangi – Fire in Cairo (Cure cover)

From Matt and Eric of the group, Gangi:

“Our band was inspired by the events in Egypt and we made a video collage & remixed a cover of “Fire in Cairo” in order to attempt to raise awareness.”

[Note: the video made with images from Democracy Now and other internet new sources.]



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[News] Is A Google Executive the ‘Face’ of the Egyptian Revolution?

You couldn’t make this story up: Wael Ghonim, a photogenic young international executive at a cutting-edge new media company starts a Facebook page that sparks a revolution across an entire country. Even if the story didn’t go exactly that way, I’m pretty sure we’ve found the basis for a ‘sequel’ to The Social Network!

Read more on the Google exec, Ghonim’s release from jail and immediate return to the protests in Tahrir Square after a 12-day detainment: CBC | The New York Times

And then click this link for CNN’s take on the question (I would’ve embedded this but was prevented from doing so on ‘copyright grounds’ :/ )

[MP3] The Pop Life Podcast with Jeff Sledge & Angelique Miles (2.7.11)

Music industry vets Jeff Sledge and Angelique Miles in the second installment of their new entertainment and pop culture podcast speak on the Black Eyed Peas half-time show and Christina Augilera’s national anthem flub at the Super Bowl, the AOL-Huff Post deal, Halle Berry’s recent f-ckery, the ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ TV show, Black History Month, and ‘Speaking White.’ And speaking of that last issue, I had the same experience as Taylor the intern when many people met or talked to me (listen to the podcast). I feel ya, girl!

I also co-sign the homie, Sledge on the Halle situation but he gets the gasface for not knowing Garret Morgan invented the traffic signal, especially as an OG hip hop head who’s also a veteran employee of Jive records, the long-time label home of KRS-One and BDP – “You Must Learn”!




MP3: The Pop Life Podcast with Jeff Sledge & Angelique Miles (2.7.11) [zshare download link]



Related (to a couple of topics discussed in the podcast):

– Halle Berry: my daughter, Nahla IS Black! [via Twitter]

Previously on The Kitchen:

– [Podcast] Pop Life with Jeff Sledge & Angelique Miles (1.31.11)