Draw Attention!

Posted by Aleksandr Shkolnikov| February 3, 2011

Trying to stifle public voices, the Egyptian government tried to ban Twitter. Good? Bad? Inefficient! – Google soon found a way around it. Reading the news on the story, I stumbled across Manny Francisco of the Manila Times and his creative way of drawing up the attempt of the Egyptian government to keep Twitter under control:

We often say that an image can be much more powerful than many words and long speeches. Draw attention to what’s happening in Egypt. Draw attention to what’s happening in your country. Draw corruption, democracy, and barriers to women’s participation in society. Take part in CIPE’s 2011 Global Editorial Cartoon Competition. Win money. Spread the word.

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