mubarak thought he could wreck the revolution by putting egypt on information lockdown. so he literally shut down the internet. nora younis is a reporter for the egypt independent, an online and print news source. on the morning of january 28th, nora and a colleague hear about a hotel in central cairo that still has internet service. they try to get a room with a view of tahrir square. they said they have orders from state security not to sell any rooms overlooking tahrir. so we said okay and we settled for a nile view room. while organizing their coverage of the day s events, nora notices something happening outside their window. she grabs her camera and begins to film a chaotic scene coming into view across the nile river. we heard many bombs. and we couldn t see anything. and the bombs were just going and going and going. and then we saw smoke coming out from the other side of the river. nora s footage shows a massive crowd of protesters
wreck the revolution by putting egypt on information lockdown. so he literally shut down the internet. nora younis is a reporter for the egypt independent, an online and print news source. on the morning of january 28th nora and a colleague hear about a hotel in central cairo that still has internet service. they try to get a room with a view of tahrir square. they said they have orders from state security not to sell any rooms overlooking tahrir. so we said okay and we settled for a nile view room. while organizing their coverage of the day s events nora notices something happening outside their window. she grabs her camera and begins to film a chaotic scene coming into view across the nile river. we heard many bombs. and we couldn t see anything. and the bombs were just going and going and going. and then we saw smoke coming out from the other side of the river. nora s footage shows a massive crowd of protesters engaged in a growing battling with police.
wreck the revolution by putting egypt on information lockdown. so he literally shut down the internet. nora younis is a reporter for the egypt independent, an online and print news source. on the morning of january 28th nora and a colleague hear about a hotel in central cairo that still has internet service. they try to get a room with a view of tahrir square. they said they have orders from state security not to sell any rooms overlooking tahrir. so we said okay and we settled for a nile view room. while organizing their coverage of the day s events nora notices something happening outside their window. she grabs her camera and begins to film a chaotic scene coming into view across the nile river. we heard many bombs. and we couldn t see anything. and the bombs were just going and going and going. and then we saw smoke coming out from the other side of the river. nora s footage shows a massive crowd of protesters engaged in a growing battling with police.
egypt on information lockdown. so he literally shut down the internet. nora younis is a reporter for the egypt independent, an online and print news source. on the morning of january 28th nora and a colleague hear about a hotel in central cairo that still has internet service. they try to get a room with a view of tahrir square. they said they have orders from state security not to sell any rooms overlooking tahrir. so we said okay and we settled for a nile view room. while organizing their coverage of the day s events nora notices something happening outside their window. she grabs her camera and begins to film a chaotic scene coming into view across the nile river. we heard many bombs. and we couldn t see anything. and the bombs were just going and going and going. and then we saw smoke coming out from the other side of the river. nora s footage shows a massive crowd of protesters