Egyptian anti-government protesters shout slogans against President Hosni Mubarak during a demonstration outside the parliament located some 500m from Cairo's Tahrir Square on February 9, 2011. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images/Getty)
After 17 days of protests, Egyptians in Cairo's Tahrir Square went from celebrating news that their embattled president would likely step down to an announcement that he won't. The future is uncertain. Even as the movement, which got traction on Facebook and Twitter, spread from Tahrir Square across the country. Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians have taken part, calling for change to their country's repressive government. It began on January 25th (and the #jan25 hashtag continues to be used on Twitter); got traction with "The March of Millions," and then became hopeful with the "Day of Departure" (that was last Friday, February 4), but a name has not stuck to this uprising. What do you think the revolution in Egypt should be called?
One takeaway listener says,
"The Google Revolution to name it after the employer of one of the organizers and to signify the internet and technology relationship to the revolution."
Another texts us: "The egyptian revolution. This is an extremely legitimate revolution which deserves to be named after the country it is hoping to save."
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