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I Was Saved By Twitter In An Egyptian Jail
by Orato | April 28, 2008 at 01:39 pm | 263 views | 4 comments
James Karl Buck helped free himself from an Egyptian jail with a one-word blog post from his cell phone. Buck, a graduate student from the University of California-Berkeley, was in Mahalla, Egypt, covering an anti-government protest when he and his translator, Mohammed Maree, were arrested April 10.
Much had been made about me sending this Twitter message. My friend Mohammad had access to my mobile as well, but he didn’t have the background of privilege and an army of people to come rescue him. A mobile with no one to call doesn’t do you any good. People have made comments that Twitter was able to help me because of my position, and I know that.
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April 28, 2008 at 01:39 pm by Orato, 263 views, 4 comments
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at 14:11 on April 28th, 2008
Isn't nice that one word can get such a responce, "arrested"
at 14:18 on April 28th, 2008
Hi Orato, could you please write a short introduction, and use the Highlight tool to excerpt from the original post on your site, in order to provide some context for this fascinating story? Thanks.
at 14:43 on April 28th, 2008
Orato, thanks for the updates. This is such an interesting story! Good stuff.
at 00:57 on April 29th, 2008
Orato, I like this story. It's good stuff.