Egypt Jan 25th
Anderson Cooper
Personal tweets by Anderson Cooper. Anchor of @AC360, weeknights at 8p/ET & 10p/ET on @CNN and daytime talk show host of @Anderson, airing weekdays.2,542,536 followers | Follow
Nicholas Kristof
New York Times columnist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, co-author @Half the Sky, http://www.facebook.com/kristof1,260,766 followers | Follow
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English, the 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel, headquartered in Doha, Qatar. Follow @AJELive for breaking news alerts.1,044,416 followers | Follow
Wael Ghonim
Constantly Changing, Serious Joker, Internet Addict, Human, Egyptian who loves challenging status quo.463,795 followers | Follow
Christiane Amanpour
I'm thrilled to achieve the best of both worlds -- prime time specials at ABC and weekday shows around the world at CNN International! Email: amanpour@cnn.com328,183 followers | Follow
Khaled Abol Naga
خالد أبوالنجا Proud Egyptian, Actor/Film Producer, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador ممثل ومنتج - سفير النوايا الحسنة لمنظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة (يونيسف) في مصر198,779 followers | Follow
Alaa Abd El Fattah
I painted the air with doko email: alaa at manalaa dot net CV: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alaaosh193,342 followers | Follow
Mona Eltahawy
Columnist and public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues www.monaeltahawy.com138,701 followers | Follow
Sultan Al Qassemi
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is a commentator on Arab affairs.118,130 followers | Follow
Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
اسمي ديمة الخطيب، مجرد مواطنة عربية، صحفية مدونة خربشجية، آرائي تمثلني وحدي Arab journalist, views are MINE. Journaliste arabe. Periodista árabe107,035 followers | Follow
Wael إفّندي Abbas
Multiple Award-Winning Journalist and Blogger P.S.: you have to be 18+ to follow! هلاهوطة وماليش في اللحس والشللية واللي في قلبي على تويتري93,376 followers | Follow
Hossam عمو حسام
In a dictatorship, independent journalism by default becomes a form of activism, and the spread of information is essentially an act of agitation. #RevSoc83,951 followers | Follow
Mahmoud Salem
Extremely secular, Blogger, activist, writer, author of two books, New Media douchebag, Pain in the ass! I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.80,582 followers | Follow
benwedeman
Article RTs NOT endorsement. Fan page? Of course not! Only the news is the star. All else is just polished teeth. Always question conventional wisdom.74,850 followers | Follow
Ramy Raoof
Human Rights Defender| Online Media| Digital Activism| Digital Security| Editor of Egyptian Blog for Human Rights71,182 followers | Follow
Lara Setrakian
Foreign Correspondent. WEF YGL. Thirsty to learn, eager to share. Story ideas and links welcome, send over an @ message.59,883 followers | Follow
Ayman Mohyeldin
Ayman is Foreign Correspondent for NBC News based in Egypt. Tweets and RTs are not endorsements.48,973 followers | Follow
Sherine Tadros
Al Jazeera English Cairo Correspondent. Views are mine. RTs are not endorsements44,628 followers | Follow
Philip J. Crowley
Omar Bradley Chair of Strategic Leadership, Dickinson College, Penn State School of Law and School of International Affairs, and Army War College, Carlisle, PA.44,621 followers | Follow
صوتي ل #KhaledAli
39,851 followers | Follow
Nadia El-Awady
Mother, journalist, wanderer/traveler, diver, climber, and skeptic of everything I've learned to-date.39,717 followers | Follow
Sarah El Sirgany
Cairo-based journalist. Co-author of I Diari Della Rivoluzione, مذكرات التحرير. Former Deputy Editor of @DailyNewsEgypt.35,770 followers | Follow
Zeinab Samir
Co-Founder & Product Director at SuperMama http://supermama.me35,025 followers | Follow
المشير أبو كار
I write about stuff. My avatars usually feature people I would like to see shunned from public life. Captain Mamdouh Farag is the exception to this.32,256 followers | Follow
Tarek Shalaby
Egyptian blogger from Cairo. Revolutionary Socialist. Partner and Creative Director at planet360.31,981 followers | Follow
Ethar El-Katatney
Cynical, international-award-winning journalist. MA, MBA. Apathetic bookworm. Sarcastic author. Jaded but still slightly quixotic Ibn Battuta Wannabe.28,696 followers | Follow
Al Jazeera Talk
إعلام ينبض شباباً http://www.facebook.com/aljazeeratalk http://www.youtube.com/aljazeeratalk25,690 followers | Follow
Mohamed Effat
Video Journalist. ويك يا من رام تقييد الفلك, أي نجم في السما يخضع لك. وطن حر سما لا تمتلك, و الفتي الحر بأفقه ملك. m.3effat@gmail.com25,407 followers | Follow
Mohammed Maree
Egyptian blogger/Citizen Journalist/Human Rights and political Activist/Veterinarian23,224 followers | Follow
Pakinam and Voice
Writer. Wanderer. Witch. Currently in Shaolin Kung Fu training in China.20,566 followers | Follow
Frank Gardner
BBC Security Correspondent. Author, Arabic graduate, GB Ski Club Pres. These my personal views, not BBCs19,489 followers | Follow
Mohamed El Dahshan
Bespectacled economist (PSD, post-crisis development), opinionated journalist/writer, tech/social media enthusiast, travel addict. Formerly @TravellerW.17,716 followers | Follow
Egyptocracy
I tweet about Egypt and the world. Politics, culture and beyond. Do not take me too seriously, I will surprise you at times. RTs are not always endorsements.15,825 followers | Follow
Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Middle East Correspondent for Reuters. Currently in Tripoli, Libya. RTs not endorsements.15,757 followers | Follow
Aslan Media
The AslanMedia TweetWire: Bringing You The Middle East, 140 Characters at a time. Operated by Aslan Media Initiatives, founded by Author & Activist, Reza Aslan.15,399 followers | Follow
Habib Haddad
Entrepreneur, VC, activist, YGL and a big believer. ceo @WamdaME, founder @Yamli and @YallaStartup, love to build things15,329 followers | Follow
Amira Salah-Ahmed
Formerly Business Editor of @DailyNewsEgypt. Stay tuned for our new venture and follow @OriginalDNE. I also write poetry http://amiralx.wordpress.com/14,786 followers | Follow
US Embassy Cairo
Also visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/USEmbassyCairo14,592 followers | Follow
Jonathan Rugman
Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Channel 4 News. All views nothing to do with me at all. Author, Ataturk's Children.13,312 followers | Follow
matthew cassel
photographerjournalist at @AJEnglish (views are mine, but you're more than welcome to them)13,276 followers | Follow
Raafat رُحَيّم
Strategic Management| Social Media's Marketing| Branding | Online Campaigner| Blogger| Arabic Short Stories|Screenplay| Writer|12,776 followers | Follow
Jan25 Voices
This feed used phones and other means to speak with Egyptians behind the blocked internet, tweeting their words in real time. contact: jan25voices(at)gmail.com12,530 followers | Follow
Ramy Yaacoub
Rocket Scientist (@ERAUniv). Grad Student @AmericanU. Political Analyst. Traveler. Scuba Diver. http://www.blogyaacoub.com12,301 followers | Follow
Gregg Carlstrom
Al-Jazeera reporter based in Doha, part-time blogger; opinions my own, of course. gregg [dot] carlstrom [at] aljazeera [dot] net12,173 followers | Follow
Jon Jensen
Producer, CNN's Inside the Middle East. Retweets are not endorsements.12,118 followers | Follow
Hossam Eid® ™
I Tweet, Therefore I'm. Some tweets are +18. There, U've been warned :) Follow at ur own risk Unfollow if u wish, No questions asked.12,082 followers | Follow
ashraf khalil
Cairo-based author of Liberation Square, coming out in January. http://tinyurl.com/8xb3e4o Correspondent for Times of London, Foreign Policy, and others.11,952 followers | Follow
Lauren E. Bohn
Fulbrighter in Egypt, multimedia journalist, editor @cairoreview, NYU/Medill alum, bibliophile, news-geek, globetrotter. Love: PB, Vinyasa, notebooks, bulldogs.10,711 followers | Follow
Jack Shenker
Guardian correspondent based in Cairo and London - www.jackshenker.net10,591 followers | Follow
Lindsey Hilsum
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News International Editor, and author of Sandstorm; Libya in the Time of Revolution.10,087 followers | Follow
sondos shabayek
job? Ra2asah! sometimes im a freelance journalist, other times i write & tell stories, recently i take to the streets with a flip cam, bt essentially i tweet!9,835 followers | Follow
Amr Khairy
مُترجم أدب - اشتراكي - مهتم بالقانون الدولي لحقوق الإنسان - ضد حكومات رجال الأعمال بدقن أو بدون - مش ناشط - مش مدوّن - www.facebook.com/TayarWatani9,443 followers | Follow
Shady Samir
My Girls, Food, Movies, Twitter, Drupal, and Tech. Potentially genius. Try before you follow!9,011 followers | Follow
Jon Williams
BBC foreign editor, Scouser, runner & traveller (not necessarily in that order). Views my own, not those of the BBC.8,435 followers | Follow
Frederik Pleitgen
8,101 followers | Follow
Marwa Elnaggar
writer, reader, chocolate eater, revolutionary, married to the weird & wonderful @shereef_ismail8,000 followers | Follow
The Angry Arab
7,616 followers | Follow
Bilal Randeree
South African journalist. Social Media / Web editor for @AJEnglish. Also http://aljazeera.tumblr.com & @AlJazeeraCC - Views my own. Formerly practicing CA(SA).7,583 followers | Follow
Ali Dahmash
Social activist & founder of @REACH_20 @UMOTorg @Tech_Jordan @Citizen_Jo Believe in peace, dialogue & social change. Proud to be from #Jo & #Palestine Now #USA6,930 followers | Follow
EA WorldView
Rolling updates from the bloggers at EA WorldView. For fewer tweets follow us at @EAWorldView.6,533 followers | Follow
Anita Hunt (lissnup)
I mostly tweet from my blog at http://lissnup.wordpress.com. Here's why: http://snup.us/mYn. I don't read DMs - use mail.lissnup @ gmail.com6,229 followers | Follow
Noor Al-Hajri
.. in love with Life and all it's goodness. A combination of mainstream and counter-culture.6,043 followers | Follow
Arwa Salah Mahmoud
Writer, blogger, author of A Battle of Wills and قتال حزب الله, oh and a mountaineer wannabe!6,023 followers | Follow
Fattou Sakory
is a Nubian living in Cairo, Egypt. a researcher in @nazraegypt . and a radical Islamic feminist.5,931 followers | Follow
Egypt Photographer
David Degner - Cairo, Egypt based photographer seeking out interesting stories and ideas. I try to dig up novel facts and analysis.5,749 followers | Follow
Raghda Butros رغدة
non-conformist. urban activist. social venturer. bubble burster. أغرد خارج السرب see @hamzetwasel & @beamman5,694 followers | Follow
Sonia Verma
Sonia Verma is a correspondent for Canada's Globe And Mail Newspaper.5,273 followers | Follow
Fatma Naib
Journalist with Al Jazeera English, Eritrean roots, Swedish nationality via Saudi, London and now Qatar. Opinions expressed are my own.5,025 followers | Follow
Nicole Johnston
2011 - Al Jazeera English Gaza Correspondent 2005 - 2010 Al Jazeera, Doha 2000 - 2007 ABC, Australia4,504 followers | Follow
Ahmed Awadalla
Human Rights Defender & Blogger; interested in health, sexuality, gender, and more.4,470 followers | Follow
Ali El-Bahnasawy
مستشار إعلامي ومؤلف كتاب: كيف تدير حملة انتخابية ناجحة. أول كتاب باللغة العربية عن إدارة الحملات الإنتخابية والدعاية السياسية http://tiny.cc/cd8b04,407 followers | Follow
Firas Al-Atraqchi
Guitar-wielding Mideast-based Canadian journalist, formerly Al Jazeera English editor, now assoc professor of practice in journalism @ American University Cairo3,448 followers | Follow
Imran Khan
Al Jazeera English correspondent reporting on South Asia and the Middle East.3,329 followers | Follow
Angie Nassar
Journalist @NowLebanon and aspiring-blog goddess @NowLebanonBlog. Writing is my passion, but music is my life. Believe.3,264 followers | Follow
Muhamed Sabry
Egyptian Journalist, Blogger, Based in #Sinai Email me: muhamedsabry@gmail.com2,893 followers | Follow
Marwan Imam
Comic Storyteller, Indie filmmaker, 2/3 of the comedy band High on Bodyfat, I have a tendency to tweet flood...2,832 followers | Follow
Cairo weather
Cairo, Egypt weather: current conditions and forecast updated once daily.2,771 followers | Follow
James Lynch
I do media relations for Amnesty International on the Middle East and North Africa. Retweets don't mean I agree (always).2,762 followers | Follow
Jan 25 Live
Live English News of the Jan 25th revolution in Egypt, translated from Arabic Sources, mainly: RNN, Khaled Saeed Page, Egypt 25 Jan, and Dostor.2,596 followers | Follow
Stephen Farrell
Foreign Correspondent for The New York Times, working in print and video. Formerly with The Times of London.2,539 followers | Follow
Nick Rowlands
Bionick. Tectonick. Supersonick. Histrionick? Matador editor. Just wondering around.2,283 followers | Follow
Nigel Parry
1st warblog/alt.news site from warzone; Electronic Intifada cofounder; #OWS/ #NoNATO media—researching #NSSE #PoliceBrutality #Wikileaks #Anonymous—You are free2,240 followers | Follow
RyanR ريان
50% Nile, 50% Mississippi. The Nile is Eternal, Kind and Generous, the Mississippi; Mighty, Murky and Treacherous .... I Choose The Nile to Swim in.2,170 followers | Follow
Francesca Cicardi
Cairo-based freelance journalist. In love with the Middle East and anything Arab. Spanish by heart, Italian in the kitchen and a citizen of the World.2,005 followers | Follow
Parvez Sharma
Filmmaker/writer/columnist.Public Speaker on Muslim issues. Digital Jihadi.On HuffPo,Guardian,DailyBeast,NAM etc. Important New Book/Film coming soon1,890 followers | Follow
| نور العلي.
| I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things which I dare not confess to my own soul. — (Stoker) | http://arabzy.tumblr.com1,803 followers | Follow
Youssef Chouhoud
Muslim-American | Egyptian | Brooklynite | Husband, Father | Blogger at @MuslimMatters | CivIV Fanatic1,750 followers | Follow
Sharmine Narwani
Senior Associate, St Antony's College, Oxford U; Blogger for Huffington Post & Al Akhbar English. Tweets are mine.1,689 followers | Follow
Theodore May
Frmr MidEast journo. My book “Backpacking to Babylon” on my 1500 mile hike thru the region out summer ‘12. Now in NYC as MidEast analyst. Theodore.May@gmail.com1,597 followers | Follow
Kareem Gamroor
You'll find I'm sexually straight but I'm mentally gay cause I'll blow your mind. I work for @Google and manage @Ebda2.1,493 followers | Follow
Maya Gowaily
1,370 followers | Follow
Sarah Lynch
Multimedia journalist, writer and producer based in Egypt, covering the Middle East and North Africa.1,279 followers | Follow
Rachel Beth Anderson
Visual storytelling from behind the lens. Covering social issues occurring in the current uprisings around the Arab world.1,199 followers | Follow
Ahmad Taha Zaki
Infosec, CISSP OSCP GCIH, Networking, Humanitarian who has a passion for photography & for beauty, http://amnena.blogspot.com http://khoza3balat.blogspot.com1,106 followers | Follow
Sam Welbeck
The mumblings of an expat from London to Cairo - giving my honest often satirical opinion on living in Egypt and ME. Subscribe to my blog and find out.1,074 followers | Follow
Randa Jarrar
Author of the novel, A Map of Home. Pieces in NYT, Salon, UTNE. Fiction Professor at Fresno State. Fiction Editor at The Normal School.1,068 followers | Follow
Justin D. Martin
Columnist for Columbia Journalism Review & j-professor at Northwestern University in Qatar (in Aug.). Follow me for nuggets on free speech & global affairs.949 followers | Follow
G.B. Zidan
I: 1-am asocial 2-write (among other things) 3-tweet about politics, science & philosophy, and a lot of meaningless personal crap 4-tweet in English & Arabic941 followers | Follow
Mariam Ali
Singer/songwriter. Slightly obsessed with music, books, and the inner workings of the mind and universe.903 followers | Follow
Aisha Saad
872 followers | Follow
Mahmoud Abu Sharkh
The study of being an Arab! http://www.facebook.com/Mondy707722 followers | Follow
Gihad Nageeb
Fresh Graduated Computer Engineer :),Egyptian young writer and blogger ,just a simple dreamy girl!!!505 followers | Follow
raghda ah sleit
Anarchist in a way or another neuro-psychiatrist more psychiatrist than a neurologist a child, adolescent &adult I live for z day, I don't plan416 followers | Follow
Omar Suleiman
Vice President of Egypt. Emeritus Professor of Torture and Espionage. Author of the forthcoming bestseller: How to Lose Power and Interrogate People366 followers | Follow
Hady Tarek
Progressive House DJ & Producer from Egypt . www.soundcloud.com/hadytarek353 followers | Follow
Sherif Nagui
347 followers | Follow
Ahmed Nahrawy
Men elnahardah mafeesh 7okoma ! Ismailawy and Proud :) EGYPTIANY323 followers | Follow
Ahmad Mahmoud
Journalist at Al-Ahram newspaper http://english.ahram.org.eg/ http://www.facebook.com/ahramonline307 followers | Follow
Khaled Wagdy
Fascinated by technology, robotics, and art in all forms =) http://bit.ly/fqWhLO303 followers | Follow
Islam Hussein
241 followers | Follow
Randa Yaacoub
127 followers | Follow
Ahmed Yehia
101 followers | Follow
Kevin Pruyn
85 followers | Follow
Bushra Elshafei
61 followers | Follow
Haitham Saad
41 followers | Follow
Giorgio Caracciolo
36 followers | Follow
SamI J-L-A
Hi im 24 and am on a break from work right now, using my time to explore and learn new skills like sewing and have just started my own blog too!!31 followers | Follow
save egypt
5 followers | Follow
Curated by Nigel Parry
This was a meta list of 200+ Egyptians journalists and others who were 95% in Cairo during the Jan 25th uprising and 100% tweeting invaluable news from on the ground.




















































































































































































