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      Blogging for revolution

      Published on : 3 January 2012 - 12:12pm | By The State We're In . (Photo: EPA/AMEL PAIN)
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      Seven years ago, a revolutionary blog was born: ‘Rantings of a Sandmonkey’. An anonymous Egyptian man was taking on Middle East politics with venom. Comment on this story.

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      But as protests escalated in Cairo’s Tahir Square, Sandmonkey decided that if he wanted to tell the world the real story behind the Egyptian revolution, he needed to reveal his true identity.

      Mahmoud Salem's blog is Rantings of a Sandmonkey.

      This story was taken from the latest edition of The State We're In - Producers' Picks 2011.


      • Mahmoud Salem - aka Egyptian blogger Sandmonkey<br>&copy; Photo: RNW - http://www.rnw.nl/english
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