Tweets from 'Battle of Tahrir'

Tweets from 'Battle of Tahrir'

Distribution of tweets in downtown Cairo shows a mixture of protests in Tharir and running battles. Created with the clima.me mapping tool

Mobile tweets from the morning of the third shows the 'event' is ongoing. Created with the clima.me mapping tool

We are following mobile tweeting in Tahrir Square over the last 24 hours. There are clearly large protests over deaths in a recent football game in Egypt. But the crowd of active tweeps has moved out in to the narrow streets and high buildings behind Tahrir where protests with the police have become more confrontational.

Twitter is a powerful tool for recording and publishing news from events by citizen journalists and bloggers, it is also a power organization tool. Such heavy tweeting must be coming from a combination of protesters and onlookers. The combination of radical protesters and sympathetic onlookers is a powerful dynamic that mobile phones and twitter help to enable.

6.57pm: More and more tear gas fired, people running back. #Tahrir#Ahly #Egypt

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RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh

Chant in #Tahrir agnst ruling military council: 'You want to rule the country when you can't even secure a stadium!' #Egypt

MinaNaguib90 الداعية/ مينا نجيب

This lady is leading the chanting against the #scaf #tahriryfrog.com/hwkpslzj

nellyali Nelly Ali

one of my favourites.. RT “@MinaNaguib90: A whole family in #Tahrir sq. Carrying signs with the demands yfrog.com/h6mcoazj”

MinaNaguib90 الداعية/ مينا نجيب

A whole family in #Tahrir sq. Carrying signs with the demandsyfrog.com/h6mcoazj

RawyaRageh Rawya Rageh

5 ambulances driving thru #Tahrir en route to Interior Ministry, as reports circulate of 1st gunshot fatality there #Egypt

EidH Hossam Eid® ™

RT ‎@Mtwfeek‏: وفاة علي حسن علي مخلوف (٣٢سنة)، فنان تشكيلي من عين شمس وأب لطفلين بطلقة خرطوش بالصدر والبطن ‎j.mp/wVuWYk‏ ‎#Tahrir‏

mflakah Marie-France Lakah

I'm infront of macdonalds marghany in a black 1 series. Collecting supplies for #tahrir.

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SlipknotMody \m/ Mody

RT @Sina_86 CBC live feed shows Masour street flooded in tear gas #egypt #tahrir

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