Egyptian protesters played with language... ~ Locations & Forms of POWER

16.02.2011 …

Par M. Mirza

... to make their message compelling TEACHERS' LOUNGE

[ + possibly B2 & above ]

Ben Zimmer wrote an article relating how Egyptian protesters played with language

to make their case for their President's resignation :

"How the war of words was won in Cairo" was published in the New York Times' "Week in Review" section (February 12, 2011). It starts : "How do you tell a dictator to get lost ? The answer, in Egypt, was with poetry, tech lingo, hieroglyphics and more.[...]"

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