State & Barracks

State & Barracks

Diary #10

30 January 2011

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I left Tahrir in the afternoon, for an interview at the BBC office. After we were done, I asked whether I could use their satellite internet connection to log into my Twitter account and post some updates, mainly in English to an international audience.

It was my first time to get cyber access since the telecommunication shutdown on the night of Thursday…

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