FLASHPOINTS

"Closed until the removal of the regime" by Maggie Osama

Today on Flashpoints an update on the people’s revolt in Egypt, as thousands of Egyptian workers join the protests in Liberation Square:Also a look at how women, and young women in particular, have taken the lead in the movement for a free Egypt: And an update on FBI repression and raids against US activists.

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GUESTS:

Khaled Fahmy, Chairman of the Dept. of Histroy, American Univ in Cairo

Anjali Kamat, Cairo Zeina Zaatari Global Fund for Woman, Regional director for the Middle East North Africa

Egyptian Novelist Nawal El Saadawi

Hatem Abudayyeh/one of the original 14 raided/arrested by the FBI. Saturday at the West Coast Conference against FBI Repression.