Obliterating Mubarak’s Name

By Micah Halpern

Wednesday February 16, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

The Mubarak Children's Hospital in Gaza was built in 1990 by Egyptian businessmen. Today Hamas changed the hospital's name to Tahrir Hospital.

Tahrir translates to mean liberation or independence. Tahrir Square is the place in Cairo in which the protesters gathered to protest.
This is just the first of many renamings that will be taking place.
Hamas is the Gaza branch of the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt and it was the Muslim Brotherhood that assassinated Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak's predecessor and mentor.

Hamas hated Mubarak and now they are jumping at the opportunity to expunge him from their midst.

In the meantime it is rumored that Mubarak is not taking his medicine and is likely to die in his palace at Sharm al Sheikh.

Fleeing Tunisia

Tuesday February 15, 2011

Since the overthrow in Tunisia and the ousting of their ruthless dictator, Ben Ali, the country of Tunisia has been in disarray.
The people of Tunisia are fleeing for their lives. The situation after the coup is very bad. There is lawlessness and economic crisis.

Now people are doing everything they can to leave. All those who can leave legally have already done so. Now thousands are fleeing illegally. They flee any way they can. Sometimes the results are tragic.

Italy says that 5000 dead Tunisians have washed up on their southern islands.

Regime changes often result in disorder, crisis and mass hysteria.

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