New Media in the Egyptian Revolution

Last year’s civil protest against the longstanding rule of Hosni Mubarak inEgypt, which were preceded by protests inTunis, causing a chain reaction of protests and changes throughout the arab world. Information technologies had a significant role in mobilizing civil protests where social networks had a undisputable role.

Samir Bassem, Salma S Roshdy, Emad Ramadan, Ramy Abdelhafiz i Marrianne Nagui, during the Point conference, will speak first hand on the role and use of new media during the Egyptian revolution and occurrences around it.