Which country has used #FridayRage the most? Hint, it’s not Egypt
8:45 p.m. Egypt time: We’ve checked tweets in Arabic about #FridayRage, and we’ve found that most of them are coming from Saudia Arabia. 1. Saudi Arabia: 87.6 percent of tweets 2. Egypt: 6.5 percent of...
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Egyptians fearing they’ll be shot in the clashes write their names on their arms
The situation in Egypt is so dire, some people have taken to writing their names on their forearms in case they are killed or severely wounded. A deep scan of Twitter found photos of forearms, signed...
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Are the Egyptian police inciting their supporters against the Muslim...
7:10 p.m. Egypt time: Members of the police incite their supporters against the Muslim Brotherhood. Both sides argue about gunmen in the crowd. Police page: “We must arrest all the leaders and...
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Alexandria breaks out in violence as Muslim Brotherhood marchers vow to “come...
In Alexandria, Egypt’s second-largest city, at least 10 people were killed and some 300 injured in clashes between demonstrators and security forces, according to a report tweeted from Egypt. Thousands...
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Christian churches in Egypt come under attack as residents rush to protect them
A number of Christian churches all over the country have been torched during the fighting, according to Al Jazeera. Residents who live near the churches, including Muslims in the above photo, have...
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Condemnation for Egypt violence comes from unlikely source: the Taliban
Reports surfaced on Twitter that the Taliban, the Islamic fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan accused of numerous human rights abuses, has condemned the violence by Egyptian security forces. In a...
View ArticleWas Egypt’s Ministry of Interior Affairs’ Facebook page hacked (again)?
The following tweet we uncovered indicates that the Ministry of Interior Affairs (MOI) Facebook page appears to have been hacked as the country endured a second day of unrest this week: نؤكد بأنه...
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Live blog: Egypt’s day of rage — the roundup
Darkness descended on Egypt Friday and the police are attempting to enforce a curfew. Violence broke out in the streets across the country, two days after security forces and pro-Morsi supporters...
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Dick’s Sporting Goods caves in to pressure and sells Newtown massacre rifles...
You have to love the chutzpah. Last December, Dick’s Sporting Goods, the country’s largest retailer of outdoor and sporting equipment, suspended sales of modern sporting rifles “out of respect” for the...
View ArticleA Turkish press gag: How Erdogan is suffocating journalists
On an early morning in October 2011, I received a text from a columnist of a Turkish daily telling me to not give up. I was traveling in Amsterdam, still jetlagged from the day before, and I didn’t...
View ArticleAnd the next soon-to-be-played-out culinary fad that foodies will stand in...
Everyone in the world has been talking about the Cronut Burger—the hybrid of the croissant-doughnut with beef inside—not to be confused with the Ramen Burger, which looks equally as foul. But, we don’t...
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Tame the outdoors, one man-made mountain, beach or river at a time
Lots of people say they don’t enjoy nature enough, but let’s be honest: The great outdoors isn’t always that great. You can broil under the searing sun or go numb from frigid winds. There are swarms of...
View ArticleThe new birther movement: Hoping for a liberal backlash against Sen. Ted Cruz
The birthers are back, but not because of what they’re saying. It’s their silence that’s grabbing attention this time. We took a deeper look at birther-friendly forums and Twitter conversations about...
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Rape is rape…unless the man doesn’t orgasm? Feds investigate 39 U.S. colleges...
When 21-year-old Ari Mostov told a University of Southern California school official she was raped in December 2012 by a fellow student, he dismissed her case and didn’t refer it to the Los Angeles...
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Weapons of mass distraction: Sea life and mini golf are North Korea’s latest...
Close to two years have passed since North Korea’s “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-il died, and already his comical little heir, Kim Jong-un, has given his country’s capital a Dolphinarium, a sprawling...
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Photos: A history of lip-locking in Russia, home of the “Socialist fraternal...
A long, long time ago (July 5, 1937), Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gave Ivan T. Spirin, chief navigator of the “Russian expedition to the Polar regions,” a sloppy kiss on the lips. V. M. Molotov,...
View ArticleYoung Egyptians rage against the curfew…with very depressing music
When you’re young and living in Cairo during a state of emergency with a military-enforced 7 p.m. curfew, how do you cope? The answer: lots of tweeting. We took a closer look at what Cairene social...
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A billion people, one big problem: onions
A street vendor who peddles spicy snacks, Sanjeet Kumar camps out in the same spot every day near the scenic Dal Lake in Srinagar, on the Indian side of Kashmir. The snacks, known as bhelpuri, consist...
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Photo essay: Let us now praise famous babies
As if they were a normal middle-class family, Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, opted against using professional photographers during their first official portrait with little...
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Topless Tunisian teen activist dumps Femen, but still takes naked selfies
The most notorious topless teen in Tunisia is breaking up with the women who helped make her a star. Roughly five months after Femen, the European-based women’s rights group inspired 19-year-old Amina...
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