social streets in revolutionary egypt

Social Streets in

Revolutionary EgyptTarek Amr

@gr33ndata

Internet Revolution?

Right After the Revolution

Online Offline

Not Really An Internet Revolution

• Egypt's Internet penetration rate grew from less than one percent in 2000, to 5% in 2004, and to 24% in 2009

• Illiteracy rate in Egypt is about 40%

Map the Internet to Real World

Facebook Wall

TweetShare3 - Tweets

• Topics already active on Twitter

• Twitter/Facebook Group where topics are chosen/voted

• Political and Social topics

TweetShare3 - @Users

• Self Funded• Members abroad

participate via sending money

• Researches• Creative Artists (Flyers)• Video Documenting• Recruiting

TweetShare3 - Retweets

• 7 Governorates (States)• Anyone can

join/replicate the work• Currently looking for

ways for people to retweet the discussions to their family/friends

TweetShare3 - Followers

• Streets, gas stations, etc.• Sometimes they meet

same people again and see their feedback

• People like that they are not members of any parties

• Government propaganda scares people of them sometimes (spies)