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Blogger Nora Younis reads the morning paper on her balcony at home in Maadi, Cairo, Egypt on Feb. 16, 2010. Egypt has the largest and most active blogosphere in the Arab world, and in a country that has been governed under emergency rule by Hosni Mubarak since 1981--the political revolution is happening on the Internet.

Bloggers make up for lost time in Egypt

With the internet finally restored in Egypt today, the active Egyptian blogosphere which we covered last week, is making a comeback. We photoblogged some images from blogger Hossam El Hamalawy this morning. And now, on Twitter, we're noticing updates from Nora Younis, pictured above during a more peaceful time a few months ago in Cairo. She tweets:

4 hours ago: the army is losing egyptians trust now. They knew it was going to happen and did nothing to separate crowds in diff locations

5 hours ago: now internet s back in #egypt min of interior had bombarded #khaledsaid #fb page with nonesense. obviously they had access 2 net

5 hours ago: I think army will watch clashes erupt then use force to disperse all. they want tahrir clean before friday.

Follow her at: @NoraYounis

If you're taking pictures in Cairo, let us know and upload them here. If you're seeing other notable images from events there, you can public message @msnbc_pictures on Twitter.

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nice photo

    Reply#1 - Sat Feb 5, 2011 12:22 AM EST
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