Revolutionary Nonviolence in Egypt

Egyptian Democracy Protesters Throng Tahrir Square in Cairo 2011-02-11, from Al Jazeera English, photographer unspecified, creative commons license.

As the largely nonviolent insurrection continues to unfold in Egypt, please also see our archived coverage of nonviolent struggles in Egypt from the last few years, http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/... particularly the interview with Egyptian dissident and human rights activist Saad eddin Ibrahim http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/... and the Tharwa Manifesto for Nonviolent Change in the Middle East. Eventually, we will put searchable archived versions of the entire history of the printed Peacework issues online as well.

See also the Waging Peace site for nonviolent analysis of the situation. See Global Voices website for news from bloggers and land-line phone reports out of Egypt.

To protest to the Egyptian embassies and consulates in DC, San Francisco, Houston, Chicago, and New York, contact them here.

I just saw re-tweeted a beautiful quotation from a ghazal (a poetic form of 5 rhymed couplets), posted by Ghazala Irshad, "SanaSaeed: We shall witness when the enormous mountains of tyranny blow away like cotton #jan25"

Ghazala Irshad is described by Al Jazeera English as a photography student, who also took this photo:

Ghazala's caption: "Broken bones but not broken spirit."