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Inside the Egyptian revolution
Jessica Elsayed
S enior Reporter Jessica Elsayed is writing regularly from Alexandria,
Egypt during her nation's revolt against its longtime president, Hosni Mubarak.
The outcome of the revolution is uncertain, but Elsayed is clearly explaining
what's going on and why. You can keep up with her reports on the
YJI Blog
and at
YouthJournalism.org.
Here are links to her initial stories:
Egyptian protesters stand firm
(Jan. 30, 2011)
Egyptians pin hopes on ElBaradei
(Jan. 30, 2011)
Inside the Egyptian revolution
(Jan. 29, 2011)
[Note: This piece was featured in
The Huffington Post.]
News analysis: Tens of thousands of Egyptians
protest for human rights
(Jan. 25, 2011)
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Egyptian Rutgers student
has high hopes for her homeland's future
By Gokce Yurekli in NEWARK, New Jersey, U.S.A. People
around the world have been watching in horror as hundreds of
protestors clashed with Egyptian police in an uprising that
began January 25.
More than a week later,
protesters are still holding huge rallies in cities and they
have no intention of stopping until President Hosni Mubarak
leaves.
Marina
Youssef, a 19-year-old Rutgers University student from
Alexandria, Egypt, has
been cut off from her family in Egypt since the uprising.
Read whole story.
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Read Samantha Perez's
stunning
journal of hope and survival
during America's worst natural
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Indians protest government corruption
By Pushkal Shivam in
MUMBAI, India
Several hundred people gathered in the Azad Maidan
sports ground in South Mumbai Sunday, marking the
63rd anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination
by peacefully protesting the corruption plaguing the
nation.
An
umbrella group, India Against Corruption,
organized the gathering in synchronization with
pan-nation protests.
Lawyer Y.P. Singh, who has worked with the Central
Bureau of Investigation for five years, explained to
the crowd how the corrupt escape unscathed. Pointing
toward a scam in Mumbai which snowballed into a
national issue, he said, Big players have escaped.
However, Krishnaraj Rao, a journalist and a
campaigner for the Right to Information Act, is
taking the agenda of the umbrella group with a fist
of salt.
Read whole story
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Peace is education, author says
By Mariah Pulver in FORT WORTH, Texas, U.S.A.
Education is the way to promote peace, Greg Mortenson, co-author of Three
Cups of Tea, told an audience at Texas Christian
University last week.
Read whole story
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Flooding in
Australia
Brisbane resident Lisa Hong, who is a medical
student at Griffith University, standing shin deep in floodwaters in the
West End section of the city, close to the central business district.
Photo by Linna Hong
Surrounded by floodwaters in Bundaberg
By Tasman Anderson in
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
What started out as a few rainy days here and
there has turned Australia upside down as torrents of water tore through
communities, killing dozens of people.
An ironic twist of fate landed me right in the middle of the carnage.
Read whole story
Brisbane's moment
By Nancy Hsu in BRISBANE,
Queensland, Australia We had a moment there, Brisbane.
To you, the checkout clerk at
Woolworths who frantically scanned customers products so that people
could quickly get home safe to their families we had a moment.
To you, families who gathered together
only to sit in silence and awe at televised updates of how the floods
were tearing up their own city we had a moment.
Read whole story
Ben Rodda/ youthjournalism.org
Please see the Youth Journalism
International Blog and search for "flooding" to see the scores of
photographs taken by young people in the Brisbane, Australia during the
flooding. YJI's Nancy Hsu coordinated the coverage on the scene in Brisbane.
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